William Richards v. County of San Bernardino

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM J. RICHARDS, No. 19-56205 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 5:17-cv-00497-

SJO-SP

COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO;

MARK NOURSE; NORMAN PARENT;

TOM BRADFORD; JOHN NAVARRO; OPINION

DANIEL GREGONIS; NORMAN

SPERBER; DOES, 1 through 20, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees,

and

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT

ATTORNEY OFFICE; SAN

BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFFS

OFFICE; RAMOS MICHAEL; MICHAEL

RISLEY; CRAIG OGINO,

Defendants.

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

Argued and Submitted February 7, 2022 Pasadena, California Filed June 24, 2022

Before: Kermit V. Lipez, * Richard C. Tallman, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment for the County of San Bernardino and County investigator Daniel Gregonis in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging defendants violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights during his murder investigation and…