Legal Opinion
Jensen v. City of Oxnard
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1998No. 97-55936PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
Officer James Jensen was shot and killed by a fellow officer during a SWAT Unit raid to serve a search warrant on an unoccupied residence. His widow, Jennifer Jensen, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Oxnard, its police chief and several individual officers. The defendants moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6). The district court denied this motion. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In the early morning hours of March 13, 1996, the Special Weapons and Tactics (“SWAT”) team of the Oxnard Police Department…
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