PARKER v. COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE

No. 22-55614.

78 F.4th 1109 (2023)

Roger Wayne PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE; Paul E. Zellerback; Sean Lafferty; Tricia Fransdal; Jeffrey Van Wagenen, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony M. Sain (argued) and Abigail J.R. McLaughlin (argued), Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants.

Kimberly S. Trimble (argued), Gerald B. Singleton , and John C. Lemon , Singleton Schreiber LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Eva Bitran and Summer Lacey , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Avram Frey , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, California; Lauren Bonds , National Police Accountability Project, Kansas City, Kansas; Eliana Machefsky , National Police Accountability Project, Berkeley, California; for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, and National Police Accountability Project of the National Lawyers' Guild.

Whitney Z. Bernstein and Sandra C. Lechman , Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP, San Clemente, California, for Amicus Curiae The Law Enforcement Action Partnership.

Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge R. Nelson


OPINION

Roger Wayne Parker was arrested for murder and held for almost four years before the charges against him were dismissed, months after another person confessed to the crime. Years later, Parker then sued the County of Riverside and various County officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they had violated his due...

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