96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3597, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5821 Ever Quintanilla v. City of Downey Clayton Mays R.R. Wells Officer Biarnesen, in His Personal and Official Capacity J. Hoekter, in His Personal and Official Capacity

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84 F.3d 353
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 22, 199694-56550California3,181 words

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84 F.3d 353 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3597 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5821 Ever QUINTANILLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DOWNEY; Clayton Mays; R.R. Wells; Officer Biarnesen, in his personal and official capacity; J. Hoekter, in his personal and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-56550. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 11, 1995. Decided May 22, 1996. Donald W. Cook and Robert Mann, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellant. John C. Burton, Pasadena, California, for plaintiff-appellant. S. Frank Harrell, Franscell, Strickland, Roberts & Lawrence, Santa Ana, California, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Lourdes G. Baird, District Judge, Presiding. Before: SCHROEDER and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, * District Judge. ORDER SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff Ever Quintanilla appeals from a judgment entered after a jury verdict against him in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against the city of Downey, its police chief, and three individual officers. The suit alleged that the use of a police dog to search and detain Quintanilla during…

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