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YOUNG v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 09-56372.

655 F.3d 1156 (2011)

Mark Anthony YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES and Richard Wells, Deputy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Fattahi and Dale K. Galipo , Woodland Hills, CA, and Paul Hoffman , Venice, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond G. Fortner , Robert H. Granbo and Steven J. Renick , Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from a traffic stop for a seatbelt violation in which Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Wells pepper sprayed Mark Anthony Young and struck him with a baton after Young exited his vehicle and disobeyed Wells's order to reenter it. Young filed this action against Wells and the County of Los Angeles, claiming that Wells's use of force was excessive under the Fourth Amendment, and also that Wells's...

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