Erdelyi v. O'brien

680 F.2d 61 Cynthia Lou ERDELYI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hugh A. O'BRIEN, Individually and as Director of Public Safety of the City of Manhattan Beach; City of Manhattan Beach; and Police Department, City of Manhattan Beach, Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-5245. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1982. Decided June 21, 1982. Meir J. Westreich, Santa Ana, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Richard R. Terzian, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, and TANG and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 In July, 1979, plaintiff Cynthia Erdelyi applied to defendant Hugh O'Brien, the Director of Public Safety (Chief of Police) of the City of Manhattan Beach, California, for a license to carry a concealed weapon. At that time, Erdelyi was an employee of a licensed private investigator, though not herself a licensed private investigator. She had not been issued a concealed weapons license in the past. 2 The governing California statute provides as follows: 3 (a) The sheriff of a county or the chief ... of ... police ... of any city or city…