White

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEVEN C. WHITE,  No. 05-15582 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CV-03-00251-

CITY OF SPARKS DWH/RAM

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada David W. Hagen, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 16, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed August 29, 2007

Before: Betty B. Fletcher and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges, and Edward F. Shea,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge B. Fletcher

*The Honorable Edward F. Shea, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, sitting by designation.

10871 WHITE v. CITY OF SPARKS 10873

COUNSEL

Thomas F. Riley, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Sparks, Nevada, for the defendant-appellant.

Terri Keyser-Cooper (argued), Law Office of Terri Keyser- Cooper, Reno, Nevada, and Diane K. Vaillancourt (briefed), Law Office of Diane K. Vaillancourt, Santa Cruz, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal…