MENA v. CITY OF SIMI VALLEY

No. 01-56673.

332 F.3d 1255 (2003)

Iris MENA, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Jose E. Mena, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF SIMI VALLEY; Randy G. Adams; Marvin Hodges; Roy Jones; Vincent Allegra; Alan McCord; Richard Thomas; Ronald Chambers; William Lappin; Arnold Baynard; Jeffrey Dominick; Jack Greenburg; Richard Lamb; Frank Ahlvers; John Adamczyk; Tim Brown, Defendants, and Darin L. Muehler; Robert Brill, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen K. Peabody, Nye, Peabody, & Sterling, LLP, Santa Barbara, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun, DeSimone, Seplow, Harris, & Hoffman, Venice, CA, and James S. Muller, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.

Iris Mena brought this action in the district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Robert Brill and Darin L. Muehler, both City of Simi Valley police officers, used excessive force and restrained her for an unreasonable period of time during a search of her home. The officers appeal the district court's judgment entered on a jury verdict. They argue that the district court erred in ruling that they are not entitled...

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