Gonzalez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LAURA GONZALEZ, individually No. 24-2510 and on behalf of the statutory D.C. No. beneficiaries of Ramon Timothy 2:21-cv-01340- Lopez, and in her capacity as the

MTL-DMF

Personal Representative of the estate of Ramon Timothy Lopez,

Plaintiff - Appellee, OPINION

v.

CITY OF PHOENIX, a municipality;

BOBBI COZAD; OSCAR

JIMENEZ; BRETT

LINGENFELTER; ALONSO

LOPEZ; ROSZELL MOSLEY;

TODD STEVENS; ANDREW

WILLIAMS,

Defendants - Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Michael T. Liburdi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 12, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona Filed January 8, 2026

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Patrick J. Bumatay, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Sanchez; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Bumatay

SUMMARY *

Excessive Force

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of qualified immunity to Phoenix Police Department officers in a suit alleging that after apprehending decedent Timothy Lopez following a foot chase, the officers used excessive force by…