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Smith v. Almada

9th CircuitMarch 21, 2011No. 09-55334Cited 100 times
Defendant WinSanta Monica Police Department

Case Details

Judge(s)
D.W. Nelson and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and James S. Gwin, District Judge
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal
Circuit
9th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Outcome

The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Sergeant Almada, finding that the allegedly non-disclosed evidence regarding Nelson's false identification would not have resulted in a different outcome in Smith's criminal proceedings.

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