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SHEEHAN v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

No. 11-16401.

743 F.3d 1211 (2014)

Teresa SHEEHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, a municipal corporation; Heather Fong, in her capacity as Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco; Kimberly Reynolds, Individually, and in her capacity as police officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Katherine Holder, individually, and in her capacity as police officer for the City and County of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Burris and Benjamin Nisenbaum (argued), Ayana Cuevas Curry, Law Offices of John L. Burris, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Joanne Hoeper, Chief Trial Deputy, Blake P. Loebs and Peter J. Keith (argued), Deputy City Attorneys, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN, SUSAN P. GRABER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a near fatal tragedy in which police officers attempted to help a mentally ill woman who needed medical evaluation and treatment but wound up shooting and nearly killing her instead. They did so after entering her home without a warrant, causing her to react with violent outrage at the intruders. Fundamentally at issue is the constitutional balance between a person's right to be left alone in the sanctity...

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