Vol. 32 No. 28 NINTH CIRCUIT REVERSES DENIAL OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY TO OFFICERS INVOLVED IN FATAL SHOOTING
On September 15, 2017, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Woodward v. City of Tucson,[1] reversed the district court’s denial of qualified immunity to officers involved in a fatal shooting. The Court concluded that the decedent did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy while trespassing in an apartment. The Court […]
Vol 32. No. 29 JURY IMPROPERLY CONSIDERED THE RACE OF A POLICE SHOOTING VICTIM IN DECIDING THE DEPARTMENT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THE INVOLVED OFFICERS
On September 14, 2017, the California Court of Appeal held, in a case entitled Diego v. City of Los Angeles,[1] that the City of Los Angeles did not discriminate against two Hispanic police officers by keeping them off field duty following their fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. The Court held that the officers […]