Steele

Steele v. County of Los Angeles

Good Law
117 F. App'x 507
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 23, 2004No. 01-57183California819 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Theodore Steele, Veronica Steele, Myrion Crosby, Crystal Hyatt, and Roderick Hyatt (collectively “the Steeles”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to a number of sheriff officers of the County of Los Angeles (hereafter “Officers”) and to the County of Los Angeles itself. We affirm.

(1) After a thorough review of the record, we agree with the district court that the warrant for the search of the Steeles’ home was valid, 1 and that the Officers did not violate the Steeles’ constitutional rights in making entry to serve the warrant, which caused incidental damage to the Steeles’ house; 2 in inflicting an alleged accidental injury upon Theodore Steele at the moment of entry; 3 or in detaining Roderick Hyatt. 4 Thus, the district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the Officers and the County on these claims.

(2) Theodore Steele and Veronica Steele also assert that their Fourth Amendment rights were violated during the search because they were detained in the living room of their home for two to three hours and at some point they were refused the right to use the bathroom. In addition, Theodore Steele asserts that at *509 some…

Sign in to read the full opinion

Create a free account to read the complete opinion text, citation history, and good-law status for this case.