Maliek Rosier v. City of Huntington Beach

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 31 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MALIEK ROSIER, individually, No. 20-55379

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:18-cv-02175-DOC-DFM v.

CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, a MEMORANDUM* governmental entity; MATTHEW REZA, individually; ALEXANDER DURHAM, individually,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued August 6, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: PAEZ, CALLAHAN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force case, Maliek Rosier (“Rosier”)

appeals the judgment of the district court. Rosier argues that: (1) the district court

abused its discretion by permitting the government to question him on cross-

examination about whether he had been stabbed in the intervening time between

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. the encounter at Huntington Beach and the…