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TORTU v. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPT.

No. 06-16663.

556 F.3d 1075 (2009)

Christopher Armondo TORTU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT; Bill Young, in his official capacity as Sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Richard Cashton, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Eugene L. Engle, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Duane Cowley, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Albert Reeder, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Julius Prator, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paola M. Armeni and Dominic P. Gentile, Gordon & Silver, Ltd., Las Vegas, NV, for the appellant.

Thomas D. Dillard, Jr. and Peter M. Angulo, Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux, Las Vegas, NV, for the appellees.

Before: PROCTER HUG, JR., ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

Christopher Tortu appeals the district court's order granting defendant Officer Eugene Engle's motion for judgment as a matter of law and, in the alternative, his motion for a new trial. After the jury returned a verdict in favor of Officers Richard Cashton and Duane Cowley but finding Engle liable, the district court granted Engle's Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) motion for judgment as a matter of law and, alternatively, his Rule 59 motion for a new trial...

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