Paul Kevin Brewer,plaintiff-Appellant v. City of Napa Napa Police Department Medlar, Officer Deputy Sheriff Perry,defendants-Appellees

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• holding that rejection of a theory-of-the-case instruction is not error where party is able to argue its theory to the jury and the theory is adequately covered by the other instructions
• referring to Garner’s “probable cause” deadly force standard as a “more specific and demanding standard” than Graham’s excessive force standard for the use of non- lethal force
• civil plaintiff alleging excessive force could be impeached under Rule 609 with prior nolo convictions
• “[T]he Garner analysis with respect to deadly force generally does not apply to the use of 19 police dogs.”
• civil plaintiff alleging excessive force could be impeached under Rule 609 with prior nolo convictions
• jury need not be instructed to 15 specifically consider “alternative courses of action” available to defendant police officers

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