Lockett

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TRICIA LOCKETT,  No. 05-56483 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-08833-RJK

CATALINA CHANNEL EXPRESS, INC.,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Robert J. Kelleher, Senior Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 4, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed August 9, 2007

Before: Cynthia Holcomb Hall and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and James L. Robart,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Callahan; Dissent by Judge Hall

*The Honorable James L. Robart, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation. COUNSEL

Russell C. Handy, Center for Disability Access, LLP, of San Marcos, California, for plaintiff-appellant Tricia Lockett.

Peter S. Forgie, Forgie & Leonard, LLP, of Santa Monica, California, for defendant-appellee Catalina Channel Express, Inc. 9538 LOCKETT v. CATALINA CHANNEL EXPRESS

OPINION

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

Catalina Channel Express (“CCE”) operates a ferry between Long…