Black Lives Matter Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BLACK LIVES MATTER LOS No. 22-56161

ANGELES; CANGRESS; LINUS

SHENTU, individually and on behalf D.C. No. of a class of similarly situated persons; 2:20-cv-05027-

STEVEN ROE; NELSON LOPEZ; CBM-AS

TINA CRNKO; JONATHAN

MAYORCA; ABIGAIL RODAS;

KRYSTLE HARTFIELD; NADIA OPINION

KAHN; CLARA ARANOVICH;

ALEXANDER STAMM; MAIA

KAZIN; ALICIA BARRERA-

TRUJILLO; SHANNON LEE

MOORE; DEVON YOUNG; EVA

GRENIER; DAVID CONTRERAS,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a municipal entity; MICHEL MOORE, Chief,

Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Consuelo B. Marshall, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted March 28, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed September 5, 2024

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Kenneth K. Lee, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Lee

SUMMARY *

Civil Rights / Class Certification

The panel vacated the district court’s class certification order in a putative class action against the City of Los Angeles and…