Riana Buffin v. City & County of San Francisco

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RIANA BUFFIN; CRYSTAL No. 20-15518

PATTERSON,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No. 4:15-cv-04959- and YGR

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN

FRANCISCO; PAUL MIYAMOTO, OPINION

Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees, Vv.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; ROB BONTA,

Defendants-Appellants,

and

CALIFORNIA BAIL AGENTS

ASSOCIATION,

Intervenor-Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, District Judge, Presiding 2 BUFFIN V. CITY & CTY. OF SAN FRANCISCO

Argued and Submitted March 4, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed January 13, 2022

Before: Bobby R. Baldock," Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw

* The Honorable Bobby R. Baldock, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.

BUFFIN V. CITY & CTY. OF SAN FRANCISCO

SUMMARY™

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s order requiring California to pay attorney’s fees and costs in the amount of $1,950,000.00 after plaintiffs successfully challenged the State’s application of a mandatory bail law in…