Lewis v. Sacramento County, No. 93-15924 (9th Cir.) (98 F.3d 434) (October 9, 1996) (Judge Harry Pregerson)
Loaded on Nov. 1, 1996
published in Punch and Jurists
November 18, 1996
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Deliberate Indifference.
This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case involved a high-speed pursuit of two teenagers on a motorcycle by a law enforcement officer in a patrol car. One of the teenagers was killed. The Court reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment on the issue of qualified immunity as to …
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