Civil Litigation
Oct. 26, 2017
Federal judge curtails officer’s testimony in police shooting case
A judge overseeing an excessive force civil trial cut off testimony about a shooting victim’s gang affiliation.
U.S. District Judge James Selna, overseeing a civil lawsuit by the estate of a man killed by an Anaheim police officer, curtailed the officer's testimony during his testimony Wednesday.
SANTA ANA — A federal judge overseeing an excessive force civil trial on Wednesday curtailed a police officer’s testimony about crime and gangs in the area where the officer fatally shot the plaintiff’s son five years ago.
The objections sustained by U.S. District Judge James V. Selna encompassed concerns raised last year by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in its reversal of a 2014 jury’s defense verdict in favor of the city of...
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