STOOT v. CITY OF EVERETT

No. 07-35425.

582 F.3d 910 (2009)

Paul A. STOOT, Sr.; Tammie L. Stoot, husband and wife, and as parents and guardians of Paul A. Stoot II; and Paul A. Stoot II, a minor child, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF EVERETT, a municipal corporation; Officer Jon A. Jensen; Jane Doe Jensen, and the marital community thereof, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2009.

Amended September 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Andrews, Cogdill Nichols Rein Wartelle Andrews, Everett, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert L. Christie, Christie Law Group, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before BARRY G. SILVERMAN and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and JAMES C. MAHAN, District Judge.


AMENDED OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

Based solely on statements by a four-year-old that she had been sexually abused when she was three, Everett Police Detective Jon Jensen seized and interrogated plaintiff Paul Stoot II for almost two hours in the principal's office at Paul's school. Near the end of the interrogation, Paul stated that he had molested the victim three times. The confession was then used to file criminal charges against Paul in juvenile...

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