Kimuel Lee v. John Benedict Susan K. Cross Thomas D. Schmidt Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Steve Morrison Coast Club, Inc.

958 F.2d 377 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kimuel LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John BENEDICT; Susan K. Cross; Thomas D. Schmidt; Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, et al.; Steve Morrison; Coast Club, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-55031. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 6, 1992. * Decided March 20, 1992. Before CANBY, KOZINSKI and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Kimuel Lee appeals the district court's dismissal of his civil rights action. We affirm in part and reverse in part. BACKGROUND FACTS 3 On February 14, 1990, Lee filed a civil rights action against the Sheriff's Department and John Benedict, a sheriff's deputy. He alleged that the Sheriff's Department and Benedict deprived him of his constitutional rights by authorizing and assisting the towing of his mobile home on February 15, 1989. Lee amended the complaint on June 4, 1990 to add Sheriff's Department employees Susan Cross and Linda Spradlin…