THOMAS v. DILLARD

No. 13-55889.

818 F.3d 864 (2016)

Correll L. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. C. DILLARD, Police Officer, Defendant-Appellant, and Palomar Community College District, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 5, 2016.

Amended May 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Winet , Winet Patrick Gayer Creighton & Hanes, Vista, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Eugene G. Iredale (argued), Iredale and Yoo, San Diego, CA; Mervyn S. Lazarus , Law Offices of Mervyn S. Lazarus, Newport Beach, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge Fisher; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BEA.


OPINION

Palomar College Police Officer Christopher Dillard responded to a call to investigate a man pushing a woman in a public area on the college's campus. There he found Correll Thomas, a student at the college who had been hanging out with and kissing his girlfriend, Amy Husky. Although Thomas was unarmed and...

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