Angela Valdez v. Robert Ayers

988 F.2d 126 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Angela VALDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert AYERS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-16463. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 12, 1993. Decided March 10, 1993. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, No. CV-89-00939-GGH; David F. Levi, District Judge, Presiding. E.D.Cal. REVERSED AND REMANDED. Before CHOY, SCHROEDER and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Defendant-appellant Robert Ayers appeals the judgment imposed after a jury found him liable for compensatory damages to the appellee, Angela Valdez. This section 1983 action arose when Ayers, a correctional lieutenant at the Northern California Women's Facility, fired a taser gun at Valdez after she refused to submit to a mandatory strip search upon her arrival at the facility. Valdez later suffered a miscarriage. 3 The critical issue in this appeal is whether the district…