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  • John Balazs is an attorney in Sacramento, California, specializing in criminal defense, including appeals, habeas corpus, pardons, expungements, and civil forfeiture actions. After graduating from UCLA Law School in 1989, he clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. John was an Assistant Federal Defender in Fresno and Sacramento from 1992-2001. Please email EDCA items of interest to [email protected]. Follow me on twitter @balazslaw.

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July 27, 2015

Ninth Circuit Reverses EDCA Court's Summary Judgment On Prisoner's Excessive Force Claim

In Shepard v. Bass, No. 13-15032 (9th Cir. July 23, 2015), the Ninth Circuit reversed the Fresno district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the officer on a prisoner's claim that the officer used excessive force, including pepper spray, because the prisoner argued with the officer after a prison rules violation hearing. 

Posted by at 10:16 AM in Civil Rights Lawsuits, Judge O'Neill, Lawrence J., Ninth Circuit Opinions, Prisoners' Rights/Litigation |

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