Kyle Zoellner v. City of Arcata

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 25 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KYLE CHRISTOPHER ZOELLNER, No. 23-15505

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:18-cv-04471-JSC

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CITY OF ARCATA; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jacqueline Scott Corley, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 10, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: NGUYEN, R. NELSON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is about the arrest and subsequent prosecution of Appellant Kyle

Zoellner for murder. After charges were dropped for a lack of probable cause,

Zoellner sued the City of Arcata and several of its officials and police officers

(collectively Defendants). The district court entered judgment for Defendants. We

have jurisdiction to review that judgment. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Because the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. district court reached the correct result,…