Legal Opinion
Mahach-Watkins v. Depee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2010No. 08-15694PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) Officer Larry Depee (“Depee”) shot and killed John Watkins (“Watkins”) while on duty in Crescent City, California. Watkins’s mother, Sylvia Mahaeh-Watkins (“Mahach-Watkins”), filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and various provisions of state law on her own behalf and on behalf of her son’s estate. A number of Mahach-Watkins’s claims were dismissed before trial. Two § 1983 claims and a state-law wrongful death claim went to trial. The jury returned a favorable verdict on one of the two § 1983 claims and on the wrongful death…
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