Acosta

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ELIZABETH M. ACOSTA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 05-56575

GARY HILL; JOSEPH KROUSS; ERIC

STAFFORD; RAPHAEL CIMMARUSTI;  D.C. No.

CV-01-01973-LAB

ELITE SHOW SERVICES; VLADIMIR

OPINION

ATABEKIAN; DONALD WILLIAMS;

CITY OF SAN DIEGO,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 13, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed October 17, 2007

Before: Alex Kozinski and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges, and Brian E. Sandoval,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Kozinski

*The Honorable Brian E. Sandoval, United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation.

14069 14070 ACOSTA v. HILL

COUNSEL

Meir J. Westreich, Pasadena, California, for the plaintiff- appellant. ACOSTA v. HILL 14071 Robert J. Walters, Deputy City Attorney; Michael J. Aguirre, City Attorney, City of San Diego, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellees City of San Diego, Gary…