George

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SHERON GEORGE; SHARRICCI 

FOURTE-DANCY,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, No. 07-15661 v.  D.C. No.

CV-00-02206-CW

BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT,

Defendant-Appellant. 

SHERON GEORGE; SHARRICCI 

FOURTE-DANCY,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, No. 07-15896

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, D.C. No. Appellant, CV-00-02206-CW v. OPINION

BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT,

Defendant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding

Argued September 11, 2008 Submitted August 5, 2009 San Francisco, California

Filed August 13, 2009

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Ronald M. Gould and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

10923 10926 GEORGE v. BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT

COUNSEL

Patricia Barbosa, Law Offices of Paul L. Rein, Oakland, Cali- fornia argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellees and filed a brief. Paul Rein and Julie Ostel, Law Offices of Paul L. Rein, Oakland, California, and Bryce Anderson, Law Office of Bryce…