Drummond v. City of Anaheim

343 F.3d 1052 Brian Thomas DRUMMOND, by and through his Guardian ad Litem Thomas R. DRUMMOND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ANAHEIM, a California municipal entity, Anaheim Police Department, a California municipal entity, Roger Baker, Christopher Ned, Kristi Valentine, Brian Mcelhaney, Gregory Sawyer, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-55320. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 3, 2003 — Pasadena, California. Filed September 10, 2003. Federico C. Sayre and Kent M. Henderson, Law Offices of Federico C. Sayre, Santa Ana, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. Deborah P. Knefel, Deputy City Attorney, Anaheim, California, and William F. Bernard, Orange, California, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Alicemarie H. Stotler, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-00243-AHS. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, HARRY PREGERSON, and STEPHEN REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. OPINION REINHARDT, Circuit Judge. 1 We again confront the interplay of excessive force and qualified immunity in a case in which a mentally disturbed individual suffers serious injuries as a result of an…