United States Ninth Circuit

Deputy district attorneys are final policymakers in Nevada for purposes of establishing municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, thus a jury verdict in a claim alleging prosecution without probable cause is affirmed. District court applied the wrong legal standard for relatedness in computing a fee award under 42 U.S.C. section 1988.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/10/2003
• Decided 05/29/2003
• Published 05/29/2003

Judges

• Before KOZINSKI, GRABER, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brent Kolvet, Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger, Reno, Nevada, for the amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Forsberg, Deputy District Attorney, Carson City, Nevada, for the Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee., Robert W. Story, Cooke Story, Ltd., Reno, Nevada, for the Plaintiff-Appellee;  David Q. Webb, pro se, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant.