Sloman v. Tadlock

21 F.3d 1462 Edward SLOMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Philip TADLOCK; David Allen; Roger Douglas; Pat Sardella, aka Mr. Whitaker; Matthew Obertone; Neil Rein; Simi Valley Police Department, Defendants, and City of Simi Valley; Herman Hale, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 92-55597, 92-55692 and 92-55851. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 1993. Decided April 14, 1994. Edward M. Fox, Esq., Klass, Helman & Ross, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee, and cross appellant. Malcolm Tator, Kosmos, Cho & Brown, Ventura CA, foe defendant and cross appellee. Bert Deixler, Timothy B. Sottile, McCambridge, Deixler, Marmaro & Goldberg, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: FLETCHER and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and HUBERT L. WILL, * Senior District Judge. Opinion by Judge FLETCHER. OPINION FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 The City of Simi Valley and Herman Hale, a Simi Valley Police Officer, appeal a judgment based on jury verdicts denying Hale qualified immunity and imposing liability on both Hale and the City under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 for violating…