A Eugene man shot by police and later convicted of a crime for raising a gun toward an officer during the incident has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Eugene, a police dispatcher and two officers.

Edgar T. Rodriguez, 29, seeks unspecified monetary damages in the lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Eugene.

The suit alleges police violated Rodriguez's rights by using excessive force against him. It also asserts claims of negligence, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Rodriguez was shot Sept. 10, 2016, after he called 911 to report that a male visitor was acting "insane" and fighting with a woman inside his west Eugene apartment, according to evidence presented at his December trial in Lane County Circuit Court.

A dispatcher subsequently told Rodriguez that one officer had arrived at the apartment complex near Churchill High School and another officer was on the way.

Rodriguez went outside while holding a .50-caliber pistol and was shot by officer Mark Hubbard. At Rodriguez's trial, Hubbard testified that he fired after Rodriguez began to raise the pistol toward him.

A second officer, Timothy Hunt, fired eight shots. Rodriguez was shot multiple times, and one bullet lodged in his shoulder. The lawsuit says Rodriguez remained in critical condition for several days after the shooting.

During his trial Rodriguez said that he had taken the large handgun out of his apartment to get it away from his out-of-control visitor and potentially to defend himself. According to trial evidence, the gun was loaded but did not have a bullet in its chamber.

A jury in December voted 10-2 to find Rodriguez guilty of a felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon. Lane County Circuit Judge Clara Rigmaiden declined to send Rodriguez to prison and instead sentenced him to five years of probation in a decision that treats his crime as a misdemeanor.

Rodriguez is a military veteran who served in Iraq as a member of the Oregon National Guard. During his January sentencing hearing, Rodriguez said that he did not intend to commit a crime when he went outside to wait for police while holding his handgun.

He is appealing his criminal conviction.

Lane County District Attorney Patty Perlow ruled in September 2016 that Hubbard and Hunt had legally used deadly force against Rodriguez, who had notified the city of Eugene before the decision was announced that he intended to file suit over the incident.

Named as defendants in the federal lawsuit are Hunt, Hubbard, police dispatcher Faith McCready and the city.

"The city intends to vigorously defend its employees," Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said Monday in response to a request for comment. She emphasized that the officers' actions were reviewed by an interagency team of detectives as well as a city review board, and that a jury found Rodriguez guilty.