SPENCER v. PETERS

Nos. 14-35689 14-35737.

857 F.3d 789 (2017)

Clyde Raymond SPENCER, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. James M. PETERS, Defendant, and Sharon Krause, Detective (Clark County); Michael Davidson, Sergeant (Clark County), Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Zellner (argued), Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates P.C., Downers Grove, Illinois, for Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Jeffrey A.O. Freimund (argued), Freimund Jackson & Tardif PLLC, Olympia, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Michael Davidson.

Guy M. Bogdanovich (argued), Law Lyman Daniel Kamerrer & Bogdanovich, Olympia, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Sharon Krause.

Before: Susan P. Graber, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the deliberate fabrication of evidence by a state official. Devereaux v. Abbey, 263 F.3d 1070, 1074-75 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc). Deliberate fabrication can be established by circumstantial evidence. For example, evidence that officials...

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