MURDOCK v. STOUT

Nos. 93-56248, 93-56643.

54 F.3d 1437 (1995)

Clyde MURDOCK; Linda Murdock; Jeffrey Murdock, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ed STOUT; City of Fontana; Jacobson, Police Officer # 193; Walby, Police Officer # 222; and Robins, Police Officer # 307, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman, Venice, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David D. Lawrence and Carol D. Janssen, Franscell, Strickland, Roberts & Lawrence, Pasadena, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: BEEZER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge BEEZER; dissent by Judge NOONAN.

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether exigent circumstances justified the warrantless entry and search of a house along with the brief seizure of an occupant by police officers investigating a suspected burglary.

Clyde Murdock, Linda Murdock, and Jeffrey Murdock (collectively "Murdock") appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Ed Stout, the City of Fontana, California,...

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