TREVINO v. GATES

Nos. 95-55290, 95-56100.

99 F.3d 911 (1996)

Johanna TREVINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daryl GATES; Tom Bradley; Tom Reddin; Roger Murdock; Ed Davis; Herbert Boeckmann; James Fisk; Stephen Gavin; Maxwell Greenberg; Elbert Hudson; Marguerite Justice; Emmett McGaughey; Salvador Montenegro; Barbara Schlei; Robert Talcott; Reva Tooley; Robert Weil; Samuel Williams; Stephen Yslas; LAPD Officers; Jerry Brooks; Joseph Callian; Warren Sirk; Richard Spellman; Gary Strickland; James Tippings; Richard Zierenberg; Manuel Avila; Charles Bennett; Brian Davis; John Fruge; Joseph Freia; E.T. Guiza; Peter Sanchez; Reginald Weaver; James Toma; C.S. Winston; Philip Wixon; Gary Zerbey; Joel Wachs; Joy Picus; John Ferraro; Zev Yaroslavsky; Ruth Galanter; Ernani Bernardi; Nate Holden; Marvin Braude; Hal Bernson; Michael Woo; Joan Flores; One Hundred Unknown Named Employees or Officials of the City of Los Angeles, all in both their individual and official capacities; City of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees. Johanna TREVINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daryl F. GATES, Chief of Police; Tom Bradley; Tom Reddin; Roger Murdock; Ed Davis; Herbert Boeckmann; James Fisk; Stephen Gavin; Maxwell Greenberg; Elbert Hudson; Marguerite Justice; Emmett McGaughey; Salvador Montenegro; Barbara L. Schlei; Robert Talcott; Reva B. Tooley; Robert Weil; Samuel L. Williams; Stephen D. Yslas; Jerry Brooks; Joseph Callian; Warren Eggar; David B. Harrison; John Helms; Michael Sirk; Richard Spellman; Gary Strickland; James Tippings; Richard Zierenberg; Manuel Avila; Charles Bennett; Brian Davis; John Fruge; Joseph Freia; E.T. Guiza; Peter Sanchez; Reginald Weaver; James Toma; C.S. Winston; Philip Wixon; Gary Zerbey; Joel Wachs; Joy Picus; John Ferraro; Zev Yaroslavsky; Ruth Galanter; Ernani Bernardi; Nate Holden; Marvin Braude; Hal Bernson; Michael Woo; Joan Milke Flores; One Hundred Unknown Named Employees/Officials of the City of Los Angeles, all in both their individual and official capacities; City of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman, Venice, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Katherine J. Hamilton, Assistant City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA; Louis R. Miller and Jonathan H. Anschell, Christensen, White, Miller, Fink & Jacobs, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: D.W. NELSON, T.G. NELSON, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Johanna Trevino is the daughter of Juan Bahena, one of three men killed by Los Angeles Police Department ("LAPD") officers during a robbery. Among other claims, Trevino alleged that the City of Los Angeles ("City") and members of the Los Angeles City Council ("Councilmembers") deprived her of her civil rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by indemnifying LAPD officers against punitive...

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