Hawatmeh

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IEHAB HAWATMEH, as No. 24-6146 Administrator of the Estate of Joseph D.C. No. Hawatmeh; YASMEEN 2:22-cv-01786-

HAWATMEH; LAYTH

APG-DJA

HAWATMEH,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

OPINION

v.

CITY OF HENDERSON;

HENDERSON POLICE

DEPARTMENT; THOMAS

CHIELLO; JAIME SMITH, FKA

Jaime Clear; SETH VAN

BEVEREN; BRETT ANDERSON;

JESSE HEHN; JESSE LUJAN;

JAMES PENDLETON; LUIS

AMEZCUA; PHILIP DUFFY; SETH

PRICE; THEDRICK ANDRES,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Andrew P. Gordon, Chief District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted October 8, 2025 Las Vegas, Nevada

Filed November 7, 2025

Before: Mark J. Bennett, Gabriel P. Sanchez, and Holly A. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge H.A. Thomas

SUMMARY *

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Henderson, its police department, and several police officers arising from the shooting death of 12-year-old Joseph Hawatmeh, who officers attempted to rescue from a man who had killed Joseph’s mother…