Coatney

Coatney v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

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158 F. App'x 790
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 9, 2005No. 04-15475California859 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Lisa Coatney sued certain law enforcement officers and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for alleged constitutional violations arising from a call on her home by officers of the Department and her subsequent arrest for obstructing a police investigation by refusing to disclose her identity. 1 She appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the appellees. The district court concluded that the affirmative defense of qualified immunity barred Coatney’s federal claims against the individual appellees, that Coatney failed to provide evidence creating a genuine issue of material fact on her state law claims against the individual appellees, and that there was no evidence that the *792 Department as a municipal entity acted with deliberate indifference to her constitutional rights. We review the grant of summary judgment de novo. Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc); see also Bingham v. City of Manhattan Beach, 341 F.3d 939, 945 (9th Cir.2003) (“The district court’s grant of summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity is also reviewed de novo.”).

Coatney argues that the district court erred by granting the…

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