Elwood v. Drescher

456 F.3d 943 Darla ELWOOD; Terri Elwood; Edward Elwood; Anthony Delaplane; Amy Meinke, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert DRESCHER; Robert W. Zakon; Valerie Skeba; John P. Farrell; Haig Kehiayan; William A. MacLaughlin; Judy Hutchinson, in her individual capacity; California Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-55635. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 2006. Filed July 28, 2006. Patricia J. Barry, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellants. Robert E. Drescher, Newhall, CA, for appellee Drescher. Anita Susan Brenner, Law Offices of Torres & Brenner, Pasadena, CA, for appellee Hutchinson. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, and Sandra J. Barrientos, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees Zakon, Farrell, Kehiayan, MacLaughlin, Skeba and California Department of Justice. Appeal from the United States District Court of the Central District of California; Lourdes G. Baird, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-04656-LGB. Before SIDNEY R. THOMAS and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAM W SCHWARZER, * Senior District Judge. SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge. These appeals arise out of…