Legal Opinion
Santos v. Gates
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 23, 2002No. 00-56114PublishedCited by 342 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
On December 12, 1997, appellant Kam Santos encountered two Los Angeles Po*848lice Department (LAPD) officers, Kimberly Allen and James Lee. Shortly thereafter, he was diagnosed with a broken back. Santos brought this action against the officers pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his injury was caused by the police officers’ use of excessive force. A three-day trial was held, and at the conclusion of the plaintiffs case-in-ehief, the district judge granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendants. The issue on appeal is whether the jury should have…
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