Vol. 40 No. 19 NINTH CIRCUIT FINDS NO CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION IN CASE WHERE OFFICERS SHOT INTO VEHICLE KILLING BOTH KIDNAPPER AND SECONDS LATER A MINOR HOSTAGE
In Hawatmeh v. City of Henderson,[1] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of Plaintiffs’ constitutional claims in a case where, tragically, a minor hostage was shot by officers and died. Background In November 2020, Dianne Hawatmeh and her daughter Yasmeen had returned to their apartment complex when their neighbor, Jason […]