PAVAO v. PAGAY

No. 01-15201.

307 F.3d 915 (2002)

Harolyn PAVAO, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Jon Webster Pavao, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John PAGAY; County of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Seitz, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph K. Kamelamela, Deputy Corporation Counsel, County of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: WALLACE, TASHIMA and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


TALLMAN, Circuit Judge.

I

We must decide whether a police officer responding to two dropped 911 calls from a residence, which, as was later revealed, concerned an ongoing domestic violence incident, had consent to enter the home. Tragically, the incident resulted in the death of one of the participants, Jon Webster Pavao, who pointed a gun at the responding officer. Appellant Harolyn Pavao, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Jon Pavao ("the Estate...

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