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RIVAS-VILLEGAS v. CORTESLUNA 

Per Curiam 

Rivas-Villegas heard the broadcast and responded to the
scene along with four other officers. The officers spent sev-
eral  minutes  observing  the  home  and  reported  seeing 
through  a  window  a  man  matching  Cortesluna’s  descrip-
tion.  One  officer  asked  whether  the  girl  and  her  family
could exit the house.  Dispatch responded that they “ ‘were 
unable to get out’ ” and confirmed that the 911 operator had 
“ ‘hear[d] sawing in the background’ ” and thought that Cor-
tesluna might be trying to saw down the door.  Cortesluna 
v. Leon, 2018 WL 6727824, *2 (ND Cal., Dec. 21, 2018).

After receiving this information, Rivas-Villegas knocked 
on the door and stated loudly, “ ‘police department, come to 
the front door, Union City police, come to the front door.’ ”  
Ibid.    Another  officer  yelled,  “ ‘he’s  coming  and  has  a 
weapon.’ ”  Ibid.  A different officer then stated, “ ‘use less-
lethal,’ ” referring to a beanbag shotgun.  Ibid.  When Rivas-
Villegas  ordered  Cortesluna  to  “ ‘drop  it,’ ”  Cortesluna 
dropped the “weapon,” later identified as a metal tool.  Ibid. 
Rivas-Villegas  then  commanded,  “ ‘come  out,  put  your
hands up, walk out towards me.’ ”  979 F. 3d, at 650.  Cor-
tesluna  put  his  hands  up  and  Rivas-Villegas  told  him  to 
“ ‘keep  coming.’ ”    Ibid.   As  Cortesluna  walked  out  of  the 
house and toward the officers, Rivas-Villegas said, “ ‘Stop.
Get on your knees.’ ”  Ibid.  Plaintiff stopped 10 to 11 feet
from the officers.  Another officer then saw a knife sticking
out  from  the  front  left  pocket  of  Cortesluna’s  pants  and
shouted,  “ ‘he  has  a  knife  in  his  left  pocket,  knife  in  his 
pocket,’ ”  and  directed  Cortesluna,  “ ‘don’t  put  your  hands 
down,’ ”  “ ‘hands  up.’ ”    2018  WL  6727824,  *2.    Cortesluna 
turned his head toward the instructing officer but then low-
ered his head and his hands in contravention of the officer’s 
orders.  Another officer twice shot Cortesluna with a bean-
bag round from his shotgun, once in the lower stomach and
once in the left hip. 

After the second shot, Cortesluna raised his hands over 
his  head.  The  officers  shouted  for  him  to  “ ‘get  down,’ ”