William Langfitt, III v. Pierce County
Opinion
Opinion
FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
AUG 1 2024
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
WILLIAM V. LANGFITT III, individually No. 23-35121 and as executor for the estate of William V Langfitt IV; PATRICIA E. LANGFITT, D.C. No. 3:21-cv-05122-BHS
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
MEMORANDUM*
v.
PIERCE COUNTY; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted July 11, 2024 Seattle, Washington
Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.
The Estate of William Langfitt III (“Langfitt”) appeals the dismissal of
various state law claims and the grant of summary judgment in Pierce County’s (“the
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. County”) favor on his federal claims, all of which arose from a Pierce County Deputy
Sheriff’s (“Deputy Edwards”) use of deadly force when responding to an erratic man
who was reportedly charging vehicles on a rural highway. We have…