Lynda Loie Paxton Stephen R. Blanchard, Esq. v. Oxnard Police Dept.

21 F.3d 1115 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lynda Loie PAXTON; Stephen R. Blanchard, Esq., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OXNARD POLICE DEPT., Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-55293. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 31, 1993. Decided April 22, 1994. Before: TANG, CANBY, and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * OVERVIEW 2 Appellants Lynda Loie Paxton and Stephen R. Blanchard erected signs at their homes in Oxnard, California, protesting the presence of a toxic waste dump on their property. Members of a nearby homeowners association trespassed on their properties and destroyed the signs. Paxton and Blanchard filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. Secs. 1983 , 1985, and 1986, alleging that members of the Oxnard Police Department and officials of the City of Oxnard and Ventura County were involved in the destruction (collectively, "the Oxnard defendants"). The district court abstained on the basis of a pending state lawsuit and…