Hampton

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

DEC 5 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAMAICA HAMPTON, No. 25-752

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:21-cv-09407-SK v. Northern District of California, San Francisco CHRISTOPHER FLORES, in his individual capacity as a police officer for MEMORANDUM* the City and County of San Francisco,

Defendant - Appellant.

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

Argued and Submitted November 20, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, BRESS, and MENDOZA Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge BRESS.

Plaintiff-Appellee, Jamaica Hampton, sued Defendant-Appellant,

Christopher Flores, for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Flores

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive force when he shot

Hampton. U.S. Const. amend. IV. Flores brings this…