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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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