Allene Gates v. John Rivera

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• emphasizing that “[c]haracter evidence is normally not admissible in a civil 19 rights case and finding that police officer’s past conduct had no bearing on question of whether 20 his use of force was excessive
• indicating that 25 it was improper to permit the defendant officer “to testify that in his sixteen and one-half years as 26 a police officer, he had not shot anyone,” because “by [his] own admission, intent was not an 27 issue”
• “Restricted to the issue of damages, the questions as to McGensey’s use of drugs were proper, and the district court had discretion to admit them as probative and not unduly prejudicial.”

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