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MITCHELL v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

CA No. 83-6242.

753 F.2d 86 (1984)

Michael R. MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellee, and Ira Reiner, City Attorney; John T. Neville, Assistant City Attorney; Raymond J. Fuentes, Deputy City Attorney; Richard William Papke, Los Angeles Police Officer; Joseph Charles Brazas, Los Angeles Police Officer; Gordon Cohn, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1984.

As Amended January 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Okrand, ACLU Foundation of Southern Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard M. Helgeson, Asst. City Atty., Daniel G. Woodard, Deputy City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOODWIN and FARRIS, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Michael R. Mitchell brought an action in district court under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 seeking an attorney's fee for the settlement of a former client's case and under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 seeking several declaratory judgments. The district court had jurisdiction of the case under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and dismissed Mitchell's complaint as to the City of Los Angeles. We affirm. Mitchell raises interesting questions of interpretation...

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