Legal Opinion
Navarro v. Block
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 11, 2001No. 99-55623PublishedCited by 2,393 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a complaint alleging bad faith execution of a municipal policy to indemnify police officers from punitive damage awards states a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, we are asked whether municipal officials are entitled to qualified immunity against such claims.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This case comes to us at the motion to dismiss stage. There has been no discovery. The complaint alleges that prior decisions by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (“the Supervisors”) to indemnify county sheriffs from punitive damage…
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