MILLER v. SAWANT

No. 21-35004.

18 F.4th 328 (2021)

Scott MILLER, an individual; Michael Spaulding, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kshama SAWANT, an individual, Defendant-Appellee, and City of Seattle, a municipal corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean T. James (argued) and Daniel A. Brown , Williams Kastner, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James E. Lobsenz (argued), Carney Badley Spellman B.S., Seattle, Washington; Dmitri Iglitzin and Gabriel Frumkin , Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: A. WALLACE TASHIMA, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiffs Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding ("Plaintiffs") are Seattle police officers who claim they were defamed by Defendant Kshama Sawant, a member of the Seattle City Council, through comments Sawant made about a deadly police shooting in which Plaintiffs were involved. The district court dismissed...

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