Jones v. City Of Santa Monica

382 F.3d 1052 Carolyn JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA; Dean Oshiro; Alfredo Palma, Sr.; Lori Flores; Kathy Keane; Michael Braaten; Gerardo Leyva; Joseph Sikorra; Cynthia Gilbert; Ira Rutan, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-55211. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 3, 2004. Filed September 10, 2004. Paul L. Mills, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. Anthony P. Serritella, Deputy City Attorney, Santa Monica, California, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; William J. Rea, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-09102-WJR. Before: CANBY, HANSEN, * and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal in a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires us to determine the constitutionality of the City of Santa Monica's procedure for determining probable cause after a warrantless arrest. Petitioner Carolyn Jones asserts that the City's procedure violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments because it does not provide an arrestee with an opportunity for personal appearance before the magistrate at…