Jones
Jones v. City of Los Angeles
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Plaintiff Brenda Jones appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of Defendants City of Los Angeles and Chief of Police William Bratton, as well as various rulings made during trial. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
Our review of the district court’s summary judgment order is de novo. Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. Thompson, 363 F.3d 1013 , 1019 (9th Cir.2004). Evidentiary rulings are reviewed for an abuse of discretion. McEuin v. Crown Equip. Corp., 328 F.3d 1028, 1032 (9th Cir.2003).
*9 As the district court correctly held, the City and Chief Bratton cannot be held liable for their policies absent a constitutional violation by the officers. See City of Los Angeles v. Heller, 475 U.S. 796, 799 , 106 S.Ct. 1571 , 89 L.Ed.2d 806 (1986) (per curiam). And because there was no evidence that the officers intended to harm Jones, the district court correctly concluded that the officers did not violate her Fourteenth Amendment rights. See County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 846 , 118 S.Ct. 1708 , 140 L.Ed.2d 1043 (1998); Moreland v. Las Vegas Metro. Police Dep’t, 159 F.3d 365 , 372-73 (9th Cir.…