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OCHOA v. CITY OF MESA

No. 20-16069.

26 F.4th 1050 (2022)

Leonorilda OCHOA, individually; Rachel Garcia, on behalf of S.G. on behalf of G.G.; Kerry Lynn Coniglio, on behalf of C.J.C.; Deanna Mendoza; Erika Garcia, on behalf of minor statutory beneficiaries J.G. and J.G., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MESA, a public entity; Town of Gilbert, a public entity; Manuel R. Celaya, Jr.; Robert E. Gambee, Jr.; Jess C. Nicholson; Kari R. Savage; Brian K. Hermes; Steve Gilbert; Jacob Maduenos; Jason G. Stout, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 28, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jody Lynn Broaddus (argued) and Marc J. Victor , Attorneys for Freedom Law Firm, Chandler, Arizona; David J. Catanese , Zachar Law Firm P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Benjamin Taylor , Taylor & Gomez LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Duncan J. Stoutner (argued), Mesa City Attorney's Office, Mesa, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees City of Mesa, Manuel R. Celaya Jr., Robert E. Gambee Jr., Jess C. Nicholson, Kari R. Savage, Brian K. Hermes, and Jason G. Stout.

Robert Grasso Jr. (argued) and N. Patrick Hall , Grasso Law Firm P.C., Chandler, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees Town of Gilbert, Steve Gilbert, and Jacob Maduenos.

Before: Ronald Lee Gilman, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In 2016, police officers in Arizona shot and killed Sergio Ochoa. Ochoa's family sued the officers and the municipalities they worked for, alleging that they violated the Fourteenth Amendment under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by wrongfully depriving the plaintiffs of Ochoa's companionship and familial association...

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