Goldstein v. City of Long Beach

481 F.3d 1170 Thomas Lee GOLDSTEIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH; County of Los Angeles; John Henry Miller; William Collete; Logan Wren; and William MacLyman, Defendants, and John Van De Kamp and Curt Livesay, Defendants-Appellants. No. 06-55537. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 5, 2007. Filed March 28, 2007. 1 Steven J. Renick, Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellants. 2 Ronald O. Kaye, David S. McLane, Marilyn E. Bednarski, Kaye, McLane & Bednarski, LLP, Pasadena, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV 04-09692-AHM. 4 Before REINHARDT and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and THELTON E. HENDERSON, * District Judge. 5 HENDERSON, District Judge. 6 In this case, we are asked to determine whether an elected district attorney and his chief deputy are entitled to absolute immunity from suit based on allegations that they failed to develop policies and procedures, and failed to adequately train and supervise their subordinates, to fulfill their…