Bailey v. County of Riverside

414 F.3d 1023 Ronald O. BAILEY, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE; Larry Smith, Riverside County Sheriff, an individual; Frank Tiburzio, Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy, an individual; Gary Colbert, Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy, an individual, Defendants-Appellants. No. 03-56545. No. 03-57107. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 7, 2005. Filed July 8, 2005. Christopher D. Lockwood, Arias, Lockwood & Gray, San Bernardino, CA, and Bruce E. Disenhouse, Kinkle, Rodiger & Spriggs, Riverside, CA, for the defendants-appellants. William S. Hulsy, Santa Ana, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Virginia A. Phillips, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-00403-VAP. Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, PREGERSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge: 1 This is an appeal from a verdict and an award of attorneys' fees in an action for excessive force under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and for negligence under California state law. The case arises from an episode in which the defendants, County of Riverside deputy sheriffs Frank Tiburzio and…