Zamani
Zamani v. City of Los Angeles
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Medhi Zamani, doing business as Reseda Country Club (“RCC”), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Los Angeles and four individual officers in Zamani’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, and we affirm.
Zamani contends that selectively increased and excessive police presence at RCC’s hip-hop concerts violated his rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments and also violated his rights under California law. However, Zamani failed to submit evidence that the police presence at RCC was excessive or that the police otherwise acted unreasonably. Summary judgment was therefore appropriate. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 252, 106 S.Ct. 2505 , 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986).
Because there was no § 1983 violation, Zamani’s claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1985 and 1986 also fail. Caldeira v. County of Kauai, 866 F.2d 1175, 1182 (9th Cir.1989); McCalden v. California Library Ass’n, 955 F.2d 1214, 1223 (9th Cir.1990).
Carter, Hankel, Ramirez, and Kalyn are entitled to qualified immunity because they reasonably (and correctly) believed their actions were lawful. Act Up!/Portland v. Bagley, 988 F.2d 868, 872 (9th…