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MORELAND v. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPT.

No. 97-17070.

159 F.3d 365 (1998)

Lucille MORELAND, Demarrion Quintrell Jett and Dominisha Lanae Jett, two minor children, by and through Annette Lavon Jett, as their natural mother and general guardian, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT; Officer James G. Burns; Officer Jack W. Pope, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1998.

As Amended November 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kossack, Kossack Law Offices, Las Vegas, NV, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Brian C. Whitaker and Peter M. Angulo, Rawlings, Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux, Las Vegas, NV, for defendants-appellees.

Before: HALL and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and WHALEY, District Judge.

WHALEY, District Judge.

Lucille Moreland, Demarrion Quintrell Jett, and Dominisha Lanae Jett appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in Appellees' favor on Appellants' 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and related state law claims arising from the shooting death of Damon Douglas. Appellants' central theory of this case is that Appellee Burns inadvertently shot the wrong man during a gunfight outside a Las Vegas bar and then he and his partner lied to cover...

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