Legal Opinion

Cherie Harding v. City & County of San Francisco

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 26, 2015No. 13-15156UnpublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant Cherie Harding appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment on her constitutional and tort claims in favor of Appellees the City and County of San Francisco and Deputies Elizabeth Young, Carl Morris, and Tiffany Cook. 1 We affirm. ■

We agree that no Appellee was liable to Appellant under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, because Appellant failed to prove that any Appellee violated her constitutional rights. The tip of Appellant’s little finger was severed when a door slammed on it during a routine pat-down search conducted by Deputy Young. Appellant has identified no precedent…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Simmons v. Navajo County, Ariz.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
  4. Frost v. AgnosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  5. Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.California Supreme Court · 1993

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