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MENDEZ v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 13-56686 13-57072.

897 F.3d 1067 (2018)

Angel MENDEZ; Jennifer Lynn Garcia, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Defendants, and Christopher Conley, Deputy; Jennifer Pederson, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melinda Cantrall (argued) and Thomas C. Hurrell , Hurrell Cantrall LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Leonard J. Feldman (argued), Peterson Wampold Rosato Luna Knopp, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Adrienna Wong , Staff Attorney; Peter Bibring , Director of Police Practices; ACLU of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae ACLU of Southern California.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and George Caram Steeh III, District Judge.

OPINION

On remand from the United States Supreme Court we are tasked with deciding whether the unlawful entry into a residence by two sheriff's deputies, without a warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances, was the proximate cause of the subsequent shooting and injuries to the plaintiffs. We hold that it was, permitting...

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