United States Ninth Circuit

In a civil rights action against the City of Los Angeles, the LAPD, and four detectives arising from plaintiff's arrest on murder charges and 162 days of incarceration prior to his release, rulings in favor of defendants are affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) dismissal of plaintiffs' case against one detective and of plaintiffs section 1983 claim against another detective was proper; but 2) judgment as a matter of law as to two detectives was error; and 3) the district court erred in part as to its denial of plaintiffs' in limine motions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2008
• Decided 08/26/2008
• Published 08/26/2008

Judges

• Before:  B. FLETCHER and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nelson E. Brestoff (argued), Moskowitz, Brestoff, Winston & Blinderman, LLP, Valencia, CA, Julia A. Follansbee, Follansbee & Associates, Bend, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rockard J. Delgadillo, Janet G. Bogigian, Amy Jo Field (argued), Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.