Quintanar

Filed 10/15/14; pub. & mod. order 10/24/14 (see end of opin)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

JOSE QUINTANAR,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E058232

v. (Super.Ct.No. RIC1119087)

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE et al., OPINION

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Sharon J. Waters, Judge.

Reversed.

Ferguson, Praet & Sherman and Anthony M. Snodgrass for Defendants and

Appellants.

Stone Busailah, Michael P. Stone, Muna Busaila, and Robert Rabe for Plaintiff

and Respondent.

1 The County of Riverside and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

(collectively Department) demoted Deputy Jose Quintanar as a result of an incident in

which Quintanar allegedly used excessive force. Pursuant to the applicable

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Quintanar filed an administrative appeal. This

triggered an evidentiary hearing before an impartial hearing officer. The hearing officer

agreed that Quintanar had used excessive force and upheld the demotion.

Quintanar then filed a…