John

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARGARET JOHN,  No. 05-56125 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CV-04- 00048(AHM)

CITY OF EL MONTE,

Defendant,  ORDER and AMENDING

OPINION AND

ERIC YOUNGQUIST, AMENDED

 Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 7, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed September 26, 2007 Amended February 5, 2008

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Daniel M. Friedman,* and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Friedman

*Daniel M. Friedman, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Fed- eral Circuit, sitting by designation. COUNSEL

Peter J. Ferguson, Ferguson, Praet & Sherman, Santa Ana, California, and Timothy T. Coates, Greines, Martin, Stein & 1712 JOHN v. YOUNGQUIST Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, for appellant Eric Youngquist.

John Burton, The…