HUGHES v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 20-17144.

31 F.4th 1211 (2022)

Corey HUGHES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael RODRIGUEZ; Robert Molthen; Harvey Casillas; Chris Rodriguez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Kita (argued), Dallas, Texas, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jamil R. Ghannam (argued), Deputy City Attorney; John M. Luebberke , City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney, Stockton, California; for Defendants-Appellees Michael Rodriguez and Robert Molthen.

Robert M. Perkins III (argued) and Martha Ehlenbach , Deputy Attorneys General; Misha D. Igra , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Monica N. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellees Harvey Casillas and Chris Rodriguez.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges, and Eric N. Vitaliano, District Judge.


OPINION

Corey Hughes escaped from a San Joaquin County Jail highway work crew and lived on the lam for three weeks. It took authorities from three law enforcement agencies and a trained police dog to apprehend Hughes. During his capture, Hughes sustained dog bites and bruising to his leg, and minor abrasions to his...

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