HORTON BY HORTON v. CITY OF SANTA MARIA

No. 15-56339.

915 F.3d 592 (2019)

Shane HORTON, BY his Guardian Ad Litem Yvonne HORTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF SANTA MARIA; Santa Maria Police Department; Andrew Brice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy T. Coates (argued) and Jonathan H. Eisenman , Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California; Kristine L. Mollenkopf , Assistant City Attorney, Santa Maria, California; Bruce D. Praet , Ferguson Praet & Sherman, Santa Ana, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Martin N. Buchanan (argued), Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan, San Diego, California; Rafael Gonzalez and Jared M. Katz , Mack Staton Mullen & Henzel LLP, Santa Barbara, California; Joseph Robert Finnerty and Robert W. Finnerty , Girardi Keese, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dissent by Judge Bybee.


OPINION

This case concerns the attempted suicide of a jailed pretrial detainee. Shane Horton was arrested for slashing an acquaintance's car tire and taken to the local police department, where he was detained in a temporary holding cell. Left unattended for around...

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