Category: Qualified Immunity
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9th Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for LAPD Officer
Smith v. Agdeppa and Los Angeles Police Department San Francisco – The Ninth Circuit denied qualified immunity to Defendant LAPD Officer Edward Agdeppa in a federal suit filed by decedent Albert Dorsey’s mother, Paulette Smith. The civil action alleges Officer Agdeppa used excessive force in violation of 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 to shoot and kill…