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SMOOT v. CITY OF PLACENTIA

No. SACV 95-823 GLT [GY].

950 F.Supp. 282 (1997)

Skipi Lundquist SMOOT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF PLACENTIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

January 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Steering, Beverly Hills, CA, for plaintiffs.

Bruce D. Praet, Ferguson, Praet & Sherman, Santa Ana, CA, for defendants.

ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION

TAYLOR, District Judge.

The court determines the applicable standard of proof in a Section 1983 Fourteenth Amendment due process claim for loss of companionship of a child is "deliberate indifference or reckless disregard."

I. BACKGROUND

Blake Lundquist ("Decedent") was shot and killed during a drug arrest by two Placentia police officers. Decedent's minor daughter, (through her mother as...

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