BRESSI v. FORD

No. 07-15931.

575 F.3d 891 (2009)

Terrence BRESSI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael FORD; Eric O'Dell; George Traviolia; Richard Saunders; United States of America, and Joseph Delgado, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Euchner, Tucson, AZ; James P. Harrison, the First Amendment Project, Oakland, CA; for the plaintiff-appellant.

Roger W. Frazier, Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C., Tucson, AZ; Gerald S. Frank, Assistant United States Attorney, Tucson, AZ; for the defendants-appellees.

Samuel F. Daughety, Assistant Attorney General, Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, AZ, for the amicus curiae.

Before WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR. and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Terrence Bressi is a non-Indian who filed this action against four officers of the Tohono O'odham Police Department ("Tribal Police Department") and the United States after he was stopped and cited at a roadblock on a state highway crossing the Tohono O'odham Nation Indian Reservation. Defendant Officers Michael Ford, Eric O'Dell, and George Traviolia all had some contact with Bressi at the roadblock; Defendant Officer Richard...

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