ESTATE OF CARTWRIGHT v. CITY OF CONCORD, CAL.

No. 85-2772.

856 F.2d 1437 (1988)

ESTATE OF Raymond James CARTWRIGHT, and Barbara Reid, individually, surviving natural mother of Raymond James Cartwright, and as administrator of the estate of Raymond James Cartwright, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, and Thomas L. Bender, Frank H. Dowell, Catherine E. Duerks, James M. Jennings, Ronald P. Minges, and Lloyd C. Stottsberry, present or former employees of the Concord Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd F. Scott, Walnut Creek, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James L. Hazard, Walnut Creek, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and HUPP, District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This is a factual appeal. In a well-reasoned opinion supported by findings of fact and conclusions of law, District Judge Legge concluded that the third amended complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 should be dismissed. See Estate of Cartwright v. City of Concord, 618 F.Supp. 722 (N.D.Cal.1985). We affirm.

Two years after the death by suicide of Raymond James Cartwright his...

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