United States Ninth Circuit
John v. City of El Monte, 05-56125
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a female school teacher against a police officer for improperly arresting her for allegedly sexually molesting a ten-year-old female student, denial of summary judgment for the officer is reversed as the officer had probable cause for the arrest at issue.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/07/2007
- Decided 09/26/2007
- Published 09/26/2007
Judges
- Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, DANIEL M. FRIEDMAN, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Peter J. Ferguson, Ferguson, Praet & Sherman, Santa Ana, CA, and Timothy T. Coates, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellant Eric Youngquist.
- For Appellees:
- John Burton, The Law Offices of John Burton, Pasadena, CA, and William J. Osborne, Osborne & Associates, Sherman Oaks, CA, for appellee Margaret John.