Jones v. City Of Los Angeles

444 F.3d 1118 Edward JONES; Patricia Vinson; George Vinson; Thomas Cash; Stanley Barger; Robert Lee Purrie, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; William Bratton, Chief; Charles Beck, Captain, in their official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-55324. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 6, 2005. Filed April 14, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Ben Wizner, Peter Eliasberg, and Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Carol A. Sobel, Law Offices of Carol A. Sobel, Santa Monica, CA; and Adam B. Wolf, ACLU Drug Law Reform Project, Santa Cruz, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Amy Jo Field, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Edward Rafeedie, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-01142-ER. Before RYMER and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and REED, * District Judge. Opinion by Judge Wardlaw; Dissent by Judge Rymer WARDLAW, Circuit Judge. 1 Six homeless individuals, unable to obtain shelter on the night each was cited or arrested, filed this Eighth Amendment challenge to the enforcement of a…