Baffert v. California Horse Racing Board

332 F.3d 613 Bob BAFFERT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD; Roy C. Wood, Jr., in his capacity as Executive Director of the California Horse Racing Board; and John C. Harris, Sheryl L. Granzella, Marie G. Moretti, Alan W. Landsburg; William A. Bianco, and Roger H. Licht, in D.C. No. their official capacities as members of the California Horse Racing Board, Defendants-Appellants, and Robert H. Tourtelot, in his official capacity as a member of the California Horse Racing Board, Defendant. No. 02-55858. No. 02-56135. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 10, 2003. Filed June 6, 2003. Jerald L. Mosley, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellants. Neil Papiano, Iverson, Yoakum, Papaino & Hatch, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Dickran M. Tevrizian, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-07363-DT. Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GRABER, Circuit Judge, and SINGLETON, * District Judge. OPINION GRABER, Circuit Judge. 1 An administrative proceeding conducted under the authority of the…