96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 911, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1457 Robert Chuman Nancy Woo Kyle Townson v. Craig A. Wright City of Los Angeles Charles Duke, and Mark P. Fronterotta, Robert Chuman Nancy Woo Kyle Townson v. Craig A. Wright and City of Los Angeles Charles Duke Mark P. Fronterotta

76 F.3d 292 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 911 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1457 Robert CHUMAN; Nancy Woo; Kyle Townson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Craig A. WRIGHT; City of Los Angeles; Charles Duke, Defendants, and Mark P. Fronterotta, Defendant-Appellant. Robert CHUMAN; Nancy Woo; Kyle Townson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Craig A. WRIGHT; Defendant, and City of Los Angeles; Charles Duke; Mark P. Fronterotta, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 94-55404, 94-55469. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 18, 1995. Decided Feb. 8, 1996. Howard R. Price, Brodey & Price, Beverly Hills, California, for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants. Edwin A. Lewis and Craig J. Miller, Overlander, Lewis & Russell, Pasadena, California, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees. Before: HUG and LEAVY, Circuit Judges; MUECKE, * District Judge. OPINION HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against various law enforcement officers alleging Fourth Amendment violations during the execution of a valid search warrant. The jury found against only two defendants, one of whom subsequently settled with the plaintiffs. The remaining defendant, Mark P.…