Jones v. Williams

286 F.3d 1159 Betty JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Willie WILLIAMS; City of Los Angeles; Michael Akana; Grady Dublin; Richard Ludwig; Chester McMillion; Edward Ortiz; Wilson Wong; Alfonso Reyes; Richard A. Brown; Richard Ginelli; Gary Clarke; Robert Holcomb; David Nila; Richard Selleh; Mark Kroecker; Michael Hillman Michael Downing, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees, and Daryl Gates; Arthur Daedelow; Martina Villalobos, Defendants. No. 00-56929. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 5, 2002. Filed April 18, 2002. 1 COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman & Reichmann, Venice, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. 2 Janet G. Bogigian, City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Consuelo B. Marshall, District Judge, Presiding. 4 Before O'SCANNLAIN and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and REED, Jr., * District Judge. OPINION 5 REED, District Judge. 6 This case presents a difficult question: can officers be held liable for an allegedly unlawful search when there is no direct evidence of…