Johnson v. County of Los Angeles

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Kim and Sun Min shared a residence and home with Sun Hi Lee (“Sun Hi”) and Wilford Johnson (“Wilford”), who owned and operated a house of prostitution under the guise of a legitimate business named Oriental Acupressure. Kim, an aspiring professional golfer, is the adult son of Sun Hi and Wilford, and Sun Min, a homemaker, is Sun Hi’s sister. All 1 Parties intending to appeal the determination of qualified immunity must ordinarily appeal before final judgment. See Price v. Kramer, 200 F.3d 1237, 1243-44 (9th Cir. 2000). Here, however, Officer Walton lacked such an opportunity because the district court certified her interlocutory appeal on qualified immunity as forfeited. See Chuman v. Wright, 960 F.2d 105, 105 (9th Cir. 1992). 2 Walton also argues that Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), bars appellees’ claims, but Heck does not apply because neither appellee was convicted of any crime. JOHNSON v. WALTON 3235 four resided at a home located on Paseo De Castana in Ran- cho Palos Verdes, California.

Officer Walton, a sergeant in the Los Angeles County Sher- iff’s Department, served as one of the lead officers in investi- gating a…