Forsythe

MEMORANDUM

Clayton Forsythe, Robert Hansen, and Michael Park appeal the grant of summary judgment on their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against the City of Burbank and several City police officers. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

We review de novo both the district court’s grant of summary judgment and the district court’s application of qualified immunity.

The plaintiffs contend that the district court erred in finding that the individual officers were entitled to qualified immunity for their arrests.

Law-enforcement officers are entitled to qualified immunity when they engage in a course of conduct that a reasonable officer could have believed was lawful. 3 We apply a two-part analysis when determining whether law-enforcement officers are entitled to qualified immunity: “(1) Was the law governing the officer’s conduct clearly established?” and “(2) Under the law, could a reasonable officer have believed the conduct was lawful?” 4 The relevant inquiry is whether a reasonable officer, in light of clearly established law and given the information the officers possessed, could have believed that the arrests were lawful.

Here, the officers…