Dang

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

H. N. DANG,  Nos. 03-55403 Plaintiff-Appellant, 03-56360 v.  D.C. No.

GILBERT CROSS, CV-00-13001-GAF

Defendant-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Gary A. Feess, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 8, 2004—Pasadena, California

Filed August 22, 2005

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, John T. Noonan, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez

11047 DANG v. CROSS 11051

COUNSEL

Stephen Yagman, Kathryn Bloomfield, Marion Yagman, Joseph Reichman, Yagman & Yagman & Reichman & Bloomfield, Venice Beach, California, for the plaintiff- appellant.

Wilmont A. Odom, Cal P. Saunders, Office of City Attorney, Compton, California, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

In this civil rights action, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff H.N. Dang prevailed in a jury trial on his excessive force claim against Officer Gilbert Cross of the City of Compton Police Department and was…