Carvajal

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MERCEDEZ CARVAJAL, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

substituted as Defendant in place and instead of individual Federal Defendants, Brett Kelly, Steven Norkus, III, David Sikorra and No. 06-55868 Luke Yoo, Defendant-Appellee,  D.C. No.

CV-05-07124-PA

and OPINION

CITY OF LOS ANGELES; JASON

SPIZOUCO; GERARD KENNELLY; ED

GUTIERREZ; BRIAN AGNEW; JOHN

GUERRERO; RUBEN GALVIAN; MIKE

DAMIANIKES; JOE PREBE; ARMANDO

SANDOVAL; WILLIAM J. BRATTON,

Defendants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Percy Anderson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 4, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed April 11, 2008

3839 3840 CARVAJAL v. UNITED STATES Before: John R. Gibson,* Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber

*The Honorable John R. Gibson, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation. 3842 CARVAJAL v. UNITED STATES

COUNSEL

Eric Honig, Law Office of Eric…