Mark J. Abrams v. City Of Rancho Palos Verdes

354 F.3d 1094 Mark J. ABRAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, a Municipality; City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Council, Defendants-Appellees, and Frank Lyon; Jon Cartwright; Thomas Long; Craig Mueller; Theodore Paulson; Donald Vannorsdall; John McTaggart; Douglas W. Stern; Lee Byrd; Barbara Ferraro; Marilyn Lyon; and Larry Clark, Defendants. No. 02-55681. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 7, 2003. Filed January 15, 2004. Wilkie Cheong, Cheong, Denove, Rowell, & Bennett, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Carol W. Lynch, City Attorney, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, T. Peter Pierce and Gregory M. Kunert, Richards, Watson, and Gershon, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-09071-SVW. Before: KOZINSKI and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and JANE A. RESTANI, * Judge. T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge. 1 Mark J. Abrams appeals the district court's denial of § 1983 1 damages. The district court found that the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ("City") violated Abrams'…