SANDERS v. CITY OF PITTSBURG

No. 19-16920.

14 F.4th 968 (2021)

Morgan SANDERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PITTSBURG; Thomas Bryan, Pittsburg Police Officer; Hulleman, Antioch Police Officer #5322; Hopwood, Antioch Police Officer #5235, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated March 26, 2021.

Resubmitted September 16, 2021 San Francisco, California.

Filed September 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Goff (argued), San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Noah G. Blechman (argued), McNamara Ney Beatty Slattery Borges & Ambacher LLP, Pleasant Hill, California, for Defendants-Appellees City of Pittsburg and Thomas Bryan.

Kevin P. Allen (argued) and Dale L. Allen Jr. , Allen Glaessner Hazelwood & Werth LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Hulleman and Hopwood.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Bridget S. Bade, and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

After being spotted in a stolen car, Morgan Sanders fled from the police. He led them on a car chase. And then on a foot chase. An officer eventually caught up to Sanders. But he wasn't arrested quietly. He continued to struggle. A police officer then commanded...

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