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HENDERSON v. CITY OF SIMI VALLEY

No. 01-55304.

305 F.3d 1052 (2002)

Eleanor HENDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SIMI VALLEY; Randy Adams, Chief, individually and as the Chief; George Godfrey, Officer; May, Officer, Badge # 318; Samarin, Officer, Badge # 097, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earnest C.S. Bell, Ventura, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Martin R. Berman, Law Offices of James Aaron Pflaster, Los Angeles, CA, and David H. Hirsch, City Attorney for Simi Valley, Simi Valley, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before BROWNING, THOMAS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge.

It is a sad state of affairs when police officers must stand between a mother and her minor daughter to keep the peace. The aftermath of such a situation brings this case before us. We must decide whether the defendant police officers violated the mother's constitutional rights in their efforts to keep the peace, and whether they used excessive force in the process. We agree with the district court that the police officer's entry into the...

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