CRAWFORD v. CITY OF BAKERSFIELD

No. 16-17138.

944 F.3d 1070 (2019)

Leslie Laray CRAWFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, a municipal entity, and Aaron Stringer, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily T. Kuwahara (argued), Daniel P. Wierzba , Joel Mallord , and Alice Hall-Partyka , Crowell & Moring LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael G. Marderosian (argued) and Heather S. Cohen , Marderosian & Cohen, Fresno, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judge, and Gary Feinerman, District Judge.


OPINION

Leslie Crawford sued the City of Bakersfield, California and Bakersfield police officer Aaron Stringer (together, "Defendants"), bringing 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law claims arising from Stringer's fatal shooting of Crawford's son, Michael Dozer. After a three-day trial, the jury returned a special...

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