Anderson

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 11 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KEITH ANDERSON; LORENA No. 23-2790 MCCAIGUE, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-04290-JAK-GJS Plaintiffs - Appellees,

v. MEMORANDUM*

Chief JOHN E. PEREZ; CITY OF

PASADENA,

Defendants - Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John A. Kronstadt, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 9, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: R. NELSON, MILLER, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Keith Anderson and Lorena McCaigue (the Andersons) are federal law

enforcement officers. Claiming that the City of Pasadena and Police Chief John E.

Perez (the Appellants) retaliated against them for their First Amendment protected

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. activity, the Andersons asserted several causes of action, including under

U.S.C. § 1983 and California’s Bane…