Howard Browning v. City of Los Angeles Los Angeles Police Department J. Fitzgibbon P. Black State of California

78 F.3d 591 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Howard BROWNING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles Police Department; J. Fitzgibbon; P. Black; State of California, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-55079. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 5, 1996. * Decided March 8, 1996. 1 Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNCH, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Howard Browning appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment in favor of the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Officers J. Fitzgibbon and P. Black in Browning's action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Browning, a regular spectator in the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, alleged that the officers unlawfully arrested him and used excessive force after another court spectator accused him of stealing money. 4 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm for the reasons stated by the magistrate judge…