Leonorilda Ochoa v. City of Mesa

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LEONORILDA OCHOA, individually; No. 20-16069 RACHEL GARCIA, on behalf of S.G. on behalf of G.G.; KERRY LYNN D.C. No. CONIGLIO, on behalf of C.J.C; 2:18-cv-00905-

DEANNA MENDOZA; ERIKA GARCIA, JJT

on behalf of minor statutory beneficiaries J.G. and J.G, Plaintiffs-Appellants, OPINION

v.

CITY OF MESA, a public entity; TOWN OF GILBERT, a public entity;

MANUEL R. CELAYA, JR.; ROBERT E.

GAMBEE, JR.; JESS C. NICHOLSON;

KARI R. SAVAGE; BRIAN K. HERMES;

STEVE GILBERT; JACOB MADUENOS;

JASON G. STOUT,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John Joseph Tuchi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 18, 2021 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed February 28, 2022 Before: Ronald Lee Gilman, * Consuelo M. Callahan, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Callahan

SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of police officers in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging defendants violated plaintiffs’ Fourteenth…