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RINKER v. COUNTY OF NAPA

Nos. 82-4587, 82-4608.

724 F.2d 1352 (1983)

Steven A. RINKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF NAPA, City of Napa, City of Calistoga, City of St. Helena and Randall Fitt, Defendants-Appellants. Steven A. RINKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF NAPA, City of Napa, City of Calistoga, City of St. Helena and Randall Fitt, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Ten Brink, Mandel, Kavalier & Manpearl, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

John K. Stewart, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE, PREGERSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

County of Napa, Fitt and the cities of Napa and St. Helena, (Napa) appeal from a judgment in favor of Rinker for $305,000. Pursuant to stipulation, a magistrate presided over the jury trial. Rinker sued Napa under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and pendent state claims, after he was shot in the face by Fitt during an investigation by the Napa Special Investigations Bureau at the boarding house where he rented a room. Rinker was not a target of the investigation...

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