Nelson v. City of Davis

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TIMOTHY C. NELSON, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DAVIS; JAMES HYDE, Chief of Police, City of Davis; JOHN WILSON, Sergeant; THE REGENTS OF No. 07-16905

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;

JOYCE SOUZA; MICHAEL MASON,  D.C. No.

CV-05-01193-MCE

Sergeant; BRUCE DAVIDSON, Sergeant; FNU BATES, Sergeant; OPINION JAVIER BARRAGAN, Officer; BRANDON JONES, Officer; CALVIN CHANG, Officer; M. GARCIA, Officer; CALVIN HANDY, Chief of Police, Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Morrison C. England, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 13, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed July 7, 2009

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Sidney R. Thomas and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Thomas COUNSEL

John L. Burris and Adanté D. Pointer; Law Offices of John L. Burris; Oakland, California, for the appellant.

J. Scott Smith, Douglas R. Thorn, and John A. Whitesides; Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff; Sacramento, California, for appel- lees City of…