No. 91-55718

27 F.3d 1432 Thane Carl CHEW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daryl GATES, individually and as Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; City of Los Angeles, a Municipal Corporation and Public Entity of the State of California; and Daniel Bunch; Donald Yarnall; Mark Mooring; Patrick McKinley; and Does 1 through 10, 14, 16 through 20, inclusive, each individually and as a Los Angeles Police Officer, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-55718. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 18, 1992. Decided June 27, 1994. George V. Denny, III, Los Angeles, CA, and Ralph Leardo, Law Offices of Nancy Ann Fellom, San Francisco, CA, (argued) for plaintiff-appellant. Richard M. Helgeson, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: NORRIS, REINHARDT, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Partial Concurrences and Partial Dissents by Judges NORRIS and TROTT. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 On appeal, Thane Carl Chew seeks the right to pursue his claims for damages resulting from dog bites inflicted on him by a police dog the Los Angeles Police Department…