SMITH v. AGDEPPA

No. 20-56254.

56 F.4th 1193 (2022)

Paulette SMITH, individually and as Successor in Interest to Albert Dorsey, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward AGDEPPA, an individual, Defendant-Appellant, and City of Los Angeles, a municipal entity; Does, 1 through 10, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Gilbert (argued) and Carolyn M. Aguilar , Orbach Huff & Henderson LLP, Pleasanton, California; for Defendants-Appellant.

Edward M. Lyman III (argued), Brian T. Dunn , and James Bryant , The Cochran Firm, Los Angeles, California; Megan R. Gyongyos , Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley LLP, Beverly Hills, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dissent by Judge Bress.


OPINION

Edward Agdeppa, a police officer in Los Angeles, shot and killed Albert Dorsey during a failed arrest in the men's locker room of a gym. Before the district court, Officer Agdeppa maintained that he killed Dorsey because Dorsey was pummeling Agdeppa's partner...

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