Abdelaziz

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ESTATE OF DECEDENT No. 23-4466

LOLOMANIA SOAKAI; LAVINIA

D.C. No. SOAKAI, an individual and personal 3:23-cv-00381-SK representative of Estate; DANIEL FIFITA, an individual; SAMIEUELA FINAU, an individual; INA OPINION LAVALU, an individual,

Plaintiffs - Appellees,

v.

WALID ABDELAZIZ, in his individual capacity as a police officer for the city of Oakland; JIMMY MARIN-CORONEL, in his individual capacity as a police officer for the city of Oakland,

Defendants - Appellants,

and

CITY OF OAKLAND, a municipal corporation,

Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Sallie Kim, Magistrate Judge, Presiding *

Argued and Submitted November 20, 2024 San Jose, California

Filed May 16, 2025

Before: Susan P. Graber, Michelle T. Friedland, and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber; Dissent by Judge Bumatay

SUMMARY **

Qualified Immunity

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of defendant police officers’ motion for judgment on the pleadings based on qualified immunity in a 42…