Tortu v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2009-03-03

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HUG, Circuit Judge: Christopher Tortu appeals the district court’s order granting defendant Officer Eugene Engle’s motion for judgment as a matter of law and, in the alternative, his motion for a new trial. After the jury returned a verdict in favor of Officers Richard Cashton and Duane Cowley but finding Engle liable, the district court granted Engle’s Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) motion for judgment as a matter of law and, alterna…

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