Stephen Hill v. City of Fountain Valley

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEPHEN DOUGLAS HILL; No. 21-55867

TERESA ANN HILL; BENJAMIN

HILL, as guardian ad litem for his D.C. No. minor children C.H. and A.H.; BRETT 8:20-cv-00705-

MICHAEL HILL, DOC-DFM

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. OPINION

CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY;

STUART R. CHASE; GANNON P.

KELLY; JAMES CATALINE,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

DOES, 1-10, inclusive, Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 3, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed June 1, 2023 Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges, and Nancy D. Freudenthal, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Lee; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Tashima

SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment for police officers in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights against warrantless arrests and excessive force. Police…