Alexander v. City And County Of San Francisco

29 F.3d 1355 Julia ALEXANDER, as executor of the estate of Henry O. Quade, Jr., deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Frank Jordan, John Willett, Timothy Hettrich, Joaquin Santos, Matthew Castagnola, David Seid, Bernard Sullivan, Richard Lee, David Shinn, James Dachauer, Patrick White, Joseph Kennedy, Richard Heller, Steven Gough, Edward St. Andre, Nicholas Borthne, Richard Cunningham, Albert Chinn and Michael Lennon, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16751. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 11, 1994. Decided July 8, 1994. Monti J. Stegen, Kagel & Stegen, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Jean S. Fraser, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge FLETCHER; Concurrence by Judge KOZINSKI; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge TROTT. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 This civil rights action is brought by the executor of the estate of Henry Quade, who was shot dead in his home by San Francisco police officers. Plaintiff alleges…