County of Nevada v. Super. Ct.

Filed 5/12/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Nevada) ----

COUNTY OF NEVADA et al.,

Petitioners, C101966

v. (Super. Ct. No. CU0000079)

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEVADA COUNTY,

Respondent;

A.C., a Minor, etc., et al.,

Real Parties in Interest.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS in mandate. Robert Tice-Raskin, Judge. Petition granted.

Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, Steven J. Renick, Mildred K. O’Linn, Lynn Carpenter, and Kayleigh Anderson for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

The Pride Law Firm, Dante T. Pride, Zachary Freire-Avina; Burris, Nisenbaum, Curry and Lacy, DeWitt M. Lacy, Julia N. Quesada, Lena. P. Andrews, and Ayana Curry for Real Parties in Interest.

1 This case arises from a heartbreaking incident in which a mother was shot and killed by a deputy sheriff while her young children looked on. The case is all the more emotional because at one point, one of the children stood between the mother and the deputy with outstretched hands and yelled, “Stop!” The child attempted to intervene after the mother, who had been…