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JONES v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 04-55324.

444 F.3d 1118 (2006)

Edward JONES; Patricia Vinson; George Vinson; Thomas Cash; Stanley Barger; Robert Lee Purrie, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; William Bratton, Chief; Charles Beck, Captain, in their official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 14, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Wizner, Peter Eliasberg, and Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Carol A. Sobel, Law Offices of Carol A. Sobel, Santa Monica, CA; and Adam B. Wolf, ACLU Drug Law Reform Project, Santa Cruz, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Amy Jo Field, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RYMER and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and REED, District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw; Dissent by Judge Rymer

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge.

Six homeless individuals, unable to obtain shelter on the night each was cited or arrested, filed this Eighth Amendment challenge to the enforcement of a City of Los Angeles ordinance that criminalizes sitting, lying, or sleeping on public streets and sidewalks at all times and in all places within Los Angeles's city limits. Appellants seek limited injunctive relief from enforcement of...

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