Geremia

Geremia v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

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45 F. App'x 825
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 16, 2002No. 01-15840; D.C. No. CV-97-01166-DWHCalifornia422 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

John David Geremia appeals pro se the summary judgment in favor of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Detective Ball, and the orders denying Gere-mia’s motions for reconsideration. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

We review summary judgment de novo, and denial of reconsideration for an abuse of discretion. Hayes v. Palm Seedlings Partners-A (In re Agricultural Research & Tech. Group, Inc.), 916 F.2d 528 , 533 (9th Cir.1990). The district court properly granted summary judgment to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and to Detective Ball in his official capacity because Geremia failed to demonstrate the existence of a genuine issue of material fact with respect to his claims that the municipality had policies which led to improper arrests and inadequately trained its police officers in arrest procedures. See Butler v. Elle, 281 F.3d 1014 , 1026 n. 9 (9th Cir.2002) (per curiam); McDade v. West, 223 F.3d 1135, 1141-42 (9th Cir.2000). Similarly, the district court properly granted summary judgment to Detective Ball in his individual capacity because Geremia failed to set forth evidence to support his allegation that…

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