ZION v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

No. 15-56705.

874 F.3d 1072 (2017)

Kimberly J. ZION, individually and as successor in interest to Connor Zion, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE; Michael Higgins, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Steering (argued) and Brenton W. Aitken Hands, Law Office of Jerry L. Steering, Newport Beach, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lann G. McIntyre (argued), Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Diego, California; Greg Ryan, Matthew P. Harrison, and Dana Alden Fox, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judges, and Terrence Berg, District Judge.


OPINION

When police confront a suspect who poses an immediate threat, they may use deadly force against him. But they must stop using deadly force when the suspect no longer poses a threat. We explore the murky boundary between these two circumstances.

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