GIBSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-6118.

781 F.2d 1334 (1986)

Emily Fuller GIBSON, Michelle Gibson and Melanie Gibson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States; William Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Will Heaton, Special Agent, FBI; Brandon Cleary, Special Agent, FBI; Darthard Perry aka Ed Riggs; the City of Los Angeles; Daryl Gates, Chief, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1986.

Submission Vacated May 9, 1985.

Resubmitted May 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Teeter, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Stephen D. Petersen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Katherine Hamilton, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before NORRIS and BEEZER, Circuit Judges; and MUECKE, District Judge.


NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Emily Gibson and her daughters, Michelle and Melanie, commenced this litigation on July 1, 1980, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for an alleged long-lasting conspiracy to violate their civil rights. The initial complaint joined as defendants the United States of America, the City of Los Angeles, two named FBI agents, and several unknown agents of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the FBI. Detailed in this complaint...

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