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TEKOH v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 18-56414.

75 F.4th 1264 (2023)

Terence B. TEKOH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Dennis Stangeland, Sergeant; Carlos Vega, Deputy, Defendants-Appellees, and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; Does, 1 to 10, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 4, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hoffman (argued), Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes LLP, Hermosa Beach, California; John C. Washington , Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes LLP, Los Angeles, California; John Burton and Matt Sahak , The Law Offices of John Burton, Pasadena, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Antonio K. Kizzie (argued), Snell & Willmer LLP, Los Angeles, California; Rickey Ivie , Ivie McNeill & Wyatt, Los Angeles, California; Melinda Cantrall , Hurrell Cantrall LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Dissent by Judge Miller

OPINION

Following a federal trial, Terence Tekoh appealed the district court's decisions to (1) instruct the jury that a § 1983 claim could not be grounded in a Miranda violation alone, and (2) exclude the testimony of Tekoh's coerced confessions expert, Dr. Iris Blandón-Gitlin. We ruled in favor...

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