Jesus Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JESUS PIMENTEL; DAVID R. No. 22-55946 WELCH; JEFFREY O'CONNELL; EDWARD LEE; WENDY COOPER; D.C. No. JACKLYN BAIRD; RAFAEL 2:14-cv-01371- BUELNA, and all persons similarly FMO-E situated,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, OPINION

and

ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES,

Defendant-Appellee,

v.

ELEN KARAPETYAN,

Movant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fernando M. Olguin, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 25, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed September 9, 2024

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Mark J. Bennett, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Lee; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Bennett

SUMMARY *

Excessive Fines Clause

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment for the City of Los Angeles in a class action alleging that the City of Los Angeles’ $63 penalty for failure to timely pay a fine for a parking meter violation, which is set at 100 percent of the $63 parking fine, violates the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive…