Diaz v. Gates

420 F.3d 897 David DIAZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daryl GATES; Willie L. Williams; Richard Alarcon; Richard Alatorre; Hal Bernson; Marvin Braude; Laura Chick; John Ferraro; Michael Feuer; Ruth Galanter; Nate Holden, et al., Defendants, and Bernard C. Parks, Chief of Los Angeles Police Department, Defendant-Appellee. No. 0256818. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 22, 2005. Filed August 16, 2005. Stephen Yagman, Marion R. Yagman, Joseph Reichmann, Yagman & Yagman & Reichmann, Venice Beach, CA, Kathryn S. Bloomfield, Shreveport, LA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, Janet G. Bogigian, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Gary A. Feess, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-06400-GAF. Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, KLEINFELD, THOMAS, WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, GOULD, BERZON, BYBEE and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM Opinion; Concurrence by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence by Judge KLEINFELD; Concurrence by Judge BERZON; Dissent by Judge GOULD. PER CURIAM. 1 We examine…