Gabbi Lemos v. County of Sonoma

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GABBI LEMOS, No. 19-15222 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:15-cv-05188-

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COUNTY OF SONOMA; STEVE

FREITAS; MARCUS HOLTON,

Defendants-Appellees. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted En Banc March 23, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed July 19, 2022

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and William A. Fletcher, Marsha S. Berzon, Consuelo M. Callahan, Andrew D. Hurwitz, John B. Owens, Michelle T. Friedland, Eric D. Miller, Kenneth K. Lee, Daniel A. Bress and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Miller; Dissent by Judge Callahan SUMMARY *

Section 1983 / Excessive Force

The en banc court reversed the district court’s summary judgment for defendants County of Sonoma, Sheriff Steve Freitas, and Deputy Marcus Holton in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by Gabrielle Lemos alleging that a sheriff’s deputy used excessive force in arresting her.

The district court held that Lemos’s…