Cordova v. City of Albuquerque

TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge.

Three Albuquerque Police Department officers shot Stephan Cordova^ after he raised a gun in their direction. Cordova survived and was charged with assault, although the charges were later, dismissed on speedy trial grounds. Cordova then brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming primarily (1) that the charges of assault were brought in bad faith; (2) that the police unreasonably prevented interaction with his family when he was in a hospital recovering from his wounds; and (3) the police used excessive force by firing on him without an adequate warning. The…