Sorchini v. City of Covina
This text of 8 F. App'x 806 (Sorchini v. City of Covina) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
The City of Covina may only be liable if the wrong was committed according to municipal policy, practice or custom. See Monell v. Department of Soc. Sens., 436 U.S. 658, 694, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978). The city presented uncontroverted evidence that police policy requires its officers to give a warning prior to using a dog. Even if the officers in this case failed to do so, the city would not be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Thus, any errors in the jury instructions were harmless.
AFFIRMED.
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