United States Ninth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that the $1,000,000 bail set upon plaintiff's arrest for domestic violence was excessive in violation of the Eighth Amendment, summary judgment for defendants, county and officers, is affirmed where plaintiff failed to adduce evidence that peace officers caused unconstitutionally excessive bail to be set. However, the district court abused its discretion in part in awarding attorneys' fees to defendants.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/15/2005
• Decided 11/07/2006
• Published 11/07/2006

Judges

• Before KIM McLANE WARDLAW and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and JAMES K. SINGLETON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan S. Gutman and Elizabeth L. Bradley, Law Offices of Alan S. Gutman, Beverly Hills, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Collins, Tomas A. Guterres, Douglas Fee, and Catherine C. Mason, Collins, Collins, Muir & Stewart, LLP, South Pasadena, CA, for the appellees.