Walter Hoye, Ii v. City of Oakland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WALTER B. HOYE, II,  No. 09-16753 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No. 3:07-cv-06411-CRB

CITY OF OAKLAND,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 8, 2010—San Francisco, California

Filed July 28, 2011

Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Louis H. Pollak, Senior District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Berzon

*The Honorable Louis H. Pollak, Senior District Judge for the U.S. Dis- trict Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, sitting by designation.

9649 9652 HOYE v. CITY OF OAKLAND

COUNSEL

For Plaintiff-Appellant Walter B. Hoye, II: Michael Millen, Law Offices of Michael Millen, Los Gatos, California; Cath- erine B. Short (argued), Life Legal Defense Foundation, Ojai, California.

For Defendant-Appellee City of Oakland: Angela L. Padilla, Sarah C. Marriott, Benjamin C. Geiger, and Katherine C. Lubin, Greg J. Richardson (argued), Orrick, Herrington &…