Crawford
Crawford v. City of Scottsdale
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Sherry Lynn Crawford (“Crawford”) appeals from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the City of Scottsdale (“City”) on her Second, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment claims as well as her equal protection claim against the Scottsdale Police Department. The City appeals the district court’s denial of attorneys’ fees relating to Crawford’s conspiracy and equal protection claims. We affirm both the district court’s grant of summary judgment and its denial of attorneys’ fees.
I.
This case is governed by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101 , 122 S.Ct. 2061 , 153 L.Ed.2d 106 (2002) and this court’s application of Morgan in RK Ventures, Inc. v. City of Seattle, 307 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir.2002). In Morgan , the Supreme Court made clear that in Title VII cases, “discrete discriminatory acts are not actionable if time barred, even when they are related to acts alleged in timely filed charges. Each discriminatory act starts a new clock for filing charges alleging that act.” Morgan , 536 U.S. at *324 -, 122 S.Ct. at 2072 . 1 RK Ventures applied the Court’s reasoning to §§ 1983, 1985, and 1986 claims brought…