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Nguyen: the testimony behind a contested psychiatric hold
After a bench trial the court found officers had probable cause under § 5150, used reasonable force, and — on the retaliation count — accepted the officers' testimony that the plaintiff's speech was not a factor in the decision to detain
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What the record says
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 11
- Jurisdiction / date
- San Diego; S.D. Cal. 3:11-cv-02594; 9th Cir. No. 15-56996, 20 Mar 2017
- Mechanism
- 5150; First Amendment retaliation claim tried
- What is documented
- After a bench trial the court found officers had probable cause under § 5150, used reasonable force, and — on the retaliation count — accepted the officers' testimony that the plaintiff's speech was not a factor in the decision to detain
- Finding or status
- JUDICIAL FINDING, REJECTED on the merits (9th Cir. memorandum)
- Limits
- The only California case found in eleven batches in which retaliatory motive for a § 5150 hold was adjudicated rather than dismissed on immunity or state-action grounds. The finding rests on officer credibility at trial; the district-court findings of fact are the document to open
- Label
- VERIFIED (memorandum)
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Reference and provenance
2011-CA-SAN-DIEGO-NGUYEN