Anthony Sims v. Robert Brown

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 29 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTHONY SIMS, No. 23-35545

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-00483-TL

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ROBERT BROWN, Officer of the Seattle Police Department; et al.,

Defendants-Appellants,

and

CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal corporation,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Tana Lin, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 5, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Before: OWENS and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and RAYES,** District Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Douglas L. Rayes, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. Defendant police officers appeal the district court’s denial of qualified

immunity in a case arising from a vehicle stop of Plaintiff Anthony Sims. Based

on erroneous suspicion that Sims’s car was stolen, at least six officers…