In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by police, judgment for defendants is affirmed where evidence of decedent’s animosity toward the police was relevant to show that he was trying to provoke a police shootout, rather than trying to surrender, in order to commit “suicide by cop.”
Read Boyd v. San Francisco, No. 07-16993
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted July 14, 2009
Filed August 7, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Smith
Counsel
For Appellants:
Jay B. Shapiro, Forman & Associates, San Rafael, California
For Appellees:
Blake P. Loebs, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, San Francisco, CA
Scott D. Wiener, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, San Francisco, CA
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