Garcia

Garcia v. County of Los Angeles

Good Law
109 F. App'x 895
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 22, 2004No. 03-56157California281 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

The widow and minor children of Gilberto Garcia, who was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriffs, appeal pro se the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violation of Garcia’s constitutional rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a grant of summary judgment. Oliver v. Keller, 289 F.3d 623, 626 (9th Cir.2002). We affirm.

Appellants contend that the autopsy report indicating that Garcia was shot in the hand shows that a genuine issue of material facts exists that deputies shot Garcia while he was attempting to surrender and that when he subsequently drove a car towards the deputies he was acting in self-defense. The district court concluded that the deputies’ use of deadly force was objectively reasonable and did not violate Garcia’s Fourth Amendment rights. The district court did not err because, considering the uncontroverted evidence by witnesses and deputies that Garcia did not surrender and did not act in self-defense, the autopsy finding that one bullet entered Garcia’s hand did not constitute evidence from which a jury could reasonably infer that Garcia had…

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