The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal revived an excessive force case brought by an 83-year-old woman who was ordered to her knees and handcuffed by Chino police officers.
The case was dismissed by California Central District Judge Mark Scarsi Dec. 15, 2021, and revived Feb. 7.
Chino police officers Madalyn Briley and Matthew Gregory stopped Elise Brown’s car in July, 2019, on suspicion of vehicle theft, according to the complaint and court ruling. Brown was not driving a stolen vehicle, but when officers ran her license plate, it hit as associated with a theft because she had previously filed a report about another vehicle she owned.
The officers kept
