95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9002, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,739 Sinaloa Lake Owners Association Robert A. Ain Diantha Ain Leonard Bellenson Ann Bellenson v. City of Simi Valley, and Roger Stephenson James Doody Vernon H. Persson David Jacinto James E. Ley Howard McEwan of the Estate of Sheldon McEwan

70 F.3d 1095 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9002 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,739 SINALOA LAKE OWNERS ASSOCIATION; Robert A. Ain; Diantha Ain; Leonard Bellenson; Ann Bellenson, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, Defendant, and Roger Stephenson; James Doody; Vernon H. Persson; David Jacinto; James E. Ley; Howard McEwan, executor of the Estate of Sheldon McEwan, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-56399. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 5, 1994. Decided Nov. 30, 1995. Mark Schaeffer, Fadem & Douglas, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas A. Freiberg, Jr., and David A. Buchen, Fulbright & Jaworski, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: HUG, WIGGINS, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal concerns a 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action against state officials for breaching a private dam and the consequent draining of a private lake. The dam was breached by officials of the California Division of Safety of Dams ("DSOD") because they believed it was in a damaged condition and dangerous to the…