MATEYKO v. FELIX

No. 88-5986.

924 F.2d 824 (1990)

Dorina MATEYKO, Plaintiff, and Raymond Mateyko, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas FELIX, Michael Serafin, The City of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1990.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing January 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Weiss, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard M. Helgeson, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWNING, ALARCON and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Raymond Mateyko sued the City of Los Angeles (the City) and certain of its police officers, asserting violations of his federal civil rights and various pendent state law claims based on alleged excessive use of force. Mateyko appealed the judgment. We affirm.

I.

In Los Angeles on the afternoon of December 18, 1983, defendant officer Thomas Felix stopped Mateyko for crossing...

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