James Johnson, Iii v. County Of Los Angeles

340 F.3d 787 James JOHNSON, III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Leroy Baca; Terry Spindler; Thomas Hill; Doug Duvall; James Mee; John Clark; Julian Wallace; Nellifern Thomas, Defendants, and Michael Woodard, Defendant-Appellant. No. 02-55881. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 6, 2003. Filed August 15, 2003. Steven D. Blades, Manning & Marder Kass Ellrod Ramirez, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant. Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun Desimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Harry L. Hupp, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-09687-GHK. Before TROTT, TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, * District Judge. OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge: 1 In the course of his flight from police and ensuing arrest for armed robbery, James Johnson ("Johnson") was rendered a paraplegic. He brought claims arising from his injury against several of the involved law enforcement officers, medical service workers, and their employer, the County of Los Angeles. Relevant to this interlocutory appeal is…