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CITY OF WHITTIER v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 76-1533.

598 F.2d 561 (1979)

CITY OF WHITTIER (Subrogee of Charles Hoover), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Drug Enforcement Administration), Les Kinney, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cortland John Reiner, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald J. Merriman, Dzintra I. Janavs, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before HUFSTEDLER and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and CLAIBORNE, District Judge.

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

On May 9, 1973, Police Lieutenant Charles Hoover, an employee of the City of Whittier, California (City), was working in cooperation with and at the request of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in attempting to apprehend suspects involved in narcotics trafficking. Specifically, Lt. Hoover was working with Federal Drug Abuse Law Enforcement Officers (DALE), a federally-funded narcotics enforcement program.

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