In the San Francisco Police Department "Fajitagate" case, the Ninth Circuit held that San Francisco was not responsible for injuries sustained in an altercation between plaintiffs and off-duty police officers. The Court held that evidence of failure to discipline an officer for alleged on-duty use of unreasonable force did not establish that any City policy was the proximate cause of the incident.
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Decision |
Federal, 9th Circuit, California |
United States
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