Ronald Mendoza v. Sherman Block, Los Angeles County

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1994-05-31

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Opinion by Judge BOOCHEVER. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: Ronald Mendoza was severely bitten by a police canine while attempting to evade arrest for robbing a bank by hiding in some bushes. His civil rights action against the Los Angeles County Sheriffs deputies involved in his arrest was dismissed on the grounds of qualified immunity, and he appeals. </…

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