MACKINNEY v. NIELSEN

No. 94-15438.

69 F.3d 1002 (1995)

Christopher MACKINNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Garon NIELSEN, Dash Butler, Al Littles, and City of Berkeley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen Laflin, Supervising Attorney, Sheryle Musgrove, and Arthur Bistline, University of Idaho Legal Aid Clinic, Moscow, Idaho, for plaintiff-appellant.

Matthew J. Orebic, Deputy City Attorney, Berkeley, California, for defendants-appellees.

Before: PREGERSON, KOZINSKI and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

Christopher Mackinney appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Garon Nielsen, Dash Butler, Al Littles, and the City of Berkeley in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Mackinney alleges that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested and detained for writing on a sidewalk with chalk. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm in part and reverse in part...

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