Johnson v. City of Seattle

474 F.3d 634 Michael Alan JOHNSON; Jesse Wilson, Jr., Allison Wilson, Husband and Wife; Summer Thuney; Jessica Arnold; Adam Lazara; Ralph Radford; Stacey E. Smith; Howard Jensen; Kai A. Ralls; Christopher J. Shirley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal corporation; Paul Schell, former Mayor; R. Gil Kerlikowske, Chief of Police, Defendants-Appellees. No. 05-35319. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 13, 2006. Filed January 18, 2007. Michael E. Withey and Karen K. Koehler, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey Coluccio, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Ted Buck, Scott Bissell, Raul Martinez and Anne Melani Bremner, Stafford Frey Cooper, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-02418-RSL. Before: ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges. ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge. 1 Michael A. Johnson and ten other persons (collectively the "Pioneer Square Plaintiffs") appeal from the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the…