Kelly Escobar, Cross-Appellee v. Police Officers Scutella Patrick Ortiz J. Glenn Twenty Unknown Named Ontario Police Officers

97 F.3d 1459 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kelly ESCOBAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Police Officers SCUTELLA; Patrick Ortiz; J. Glenn; Twenty Unknown Named Ontario Police Officers, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants. Nos. 95-55221, 95-55389. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 8, 1996. Decided Sept. 25, 1996. Before: D.W. NELSON, T.G. NELSON and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 A jury found Los Angeles police officers James Scutella, Deborah Glenn, and Patrick Ortiz ("Scutella"; "Glenn"; "Ortiz"; collectively, "the officers" 1 ) liable for unlawfully arresting Kelly Escobar Galatz ("Escobar" or "Kelly") and improperly causing her to be charged as an accessory to the murder of her infant son. The jury awarded Escobar compensatory and punitive damages on both claims. The district court reversed the jury verdict on unlawful arrest by granting the officers' post-trial motion for qualified…