United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants, a police chief and officers, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case is affirmed where Los Angeles police officers did not violate plaintiff's constitutional rights by arresting him for his suspected role in the theft of Oscar statuettes to be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2006
• Decided 06/19/2006
• Published 06/19/2006

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge., Before DOROTHY W. NELSON and DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman & Reichman, Venice Beach, California, argued the cause for the appellant.  Marion R. Yagman and Joseph Reichmann, Yagman & Yagman & Reichman, Venice Beach, California, were on the brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Blithe Smith Bock, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause for the appellees.  Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, and Janet Bogigian, Assistant City Attorney, Los Angeles, California, were on the brief.