Gaylan Harris v. County of Orange

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GAYLAN HARRIS, on behalf of No. 19-56387 himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:09-cv-00098- v. AG-MLG

COUNTY OF ORANGE,

Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Andrew J. Guilford, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 18, 2020 Pasadena, California

Filed October 28, 2021

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Forrest

* The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, sitting by designation. SUMMARY**

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the County of Orange in an action alleging that the County breached its contractual obligations to retired County employees and deprived them of vested health benefits by restructuring…