RICHARDS v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO

No. 19-56205.

39 F.4th 562 (2022)

William J. RICHARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO; Mark Nourse; Norman Parent; Tom Bradford; John Navarro; Daniel Gregonis; Norman Sperber; Does, 1 through 20, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees, and San Bernardino County District Attorney Office; San Bernardino County Sheriffs Office; Ramos Michael; Michael Risley; Craig Ogino, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caitlin S. Weisberg (argued), Marilyn E. Bednarski , David S. McLane , and Ben Shaw , McLane, Bednarski & Litt LLP, Pasadena, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Susan E. Coleman (argued), Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Kermit V. Lipez, Richard C. Tallman, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In 1997, after four trials and two hung juries, Plaintiff-Appellant William Richards was convicted of the first-degree murder of his wife, Pamela. In 2016, the California Supreme Court vacated Richards's conviction, finding that it was based on "false evidence" as characterized in subsequently enacted legislation...

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