Andrew Grimm v. City of Portland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANDREW GRIMM, No. 23-35235

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:18-cv- 00183-MO v.

CITY OF PORTLAND, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael W. Mosman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 21, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Filed January 3, 2025

Before: David F. Hamilton, * Lawrence VanDyke, and Holly A. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge H.A. Thomas

* The Honorable David F. Hamilton, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause/Vehicular Tows

The panel affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the City of Portland in an action brought by Andrew Grimm alleging that the City’s procedures for notifying him that his car would be towed were deficient under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. Grimm parked a car on the side of a downtown street, paid for an hour and 19 minutes of…