Brunette v. Humane Society Of Ventura County

294 F.3d 1205 Glenda BRUNETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY, a non-profit corporation; The Ojai Publishing Company, Inc., d/b/a The Ojai Valley News, a corporation; Tim Dewar; Jolene Opinion Hoffman; Robert Jeffrey Hoffman; Shawna Boatman; Tim Cozatt, Defendants-Appellees. No. 00-56730. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 6, 2002. Filed June 28, 2002. Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 23, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Henry H. Rossbacher (Argued), Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Nanci E. Nishimura (Briefed), Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Kelli L. Sager (Argued and Briefed), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Dickran M. Tevrizian, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-96-04557-DT. Before TROTT, THOMAS and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges. OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge. 1 Glenda Brunette ("Brunette") sued Tim Dewar ("Dewar") and the Ojai Valley News ("Ojai News") (collectively "the…