Steven A. Rinker v. County of Napa, City of Napa, City of Calistoga, City of St. Helena and Randall Fitt, Steven A. Rinker v. County of Napa, City of Napa, City of Calistoga, City of St. Helena and Randall Fitt

724 F.2d 1352 14 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1288 Steven A. RINKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF NAPA, City of Napa, City of Calistoga, City of St. Helena and Randall Fitt, Defendants-Appellants. Steven A. RINKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF NAPA, City of Napa, City of Calistoga, City of St. Helena and Randall Fitt, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 82-4587, 82-4608. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 9, 1983. Decided Dec. 27, 1983. Kent Ten Brink, Mandel, Kavalier & Manpearl, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellants. John K. Stewart, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before WALLACE, PREGERSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 County of Napa, Fitt and the cities of Napa and St. Helena, (Napa) appeal from a judgment in favor of Rinker for $305,000. Pursuant to stipulation, a magistrate presided over the jury trial. Rinker sued Napa under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 and pendent state claims, after he was shot in the face by Fitt during an investigation by the Napa Special Investigations Bureau at the boarding…