Leticia Barron v. State of California

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 5 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LETICIA BARRON, No. 19-55127

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:17-cv-01275-JVS-KES v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 10, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Leticia Barron brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that California

Highway Patrol Officer Daniel Agee used excessive force when he shot and killed

her son. She now appeals from the district court’s judgment following a jury

verdict in favor of the defendants, and she seeks a new trial on the grounds that (1)

the trial judge made an improper comment during the testimony of Barron’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. forensic expert, Jeffrey…