HICKMAN v. BLOCK

No. 94-55836.

81 F.3d 98 (1996)

Douglas Ray HICKMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sherman BLOCK; Claude L. Farris; Patrick G. Leonard; City of Los Angeles; Darryl Gates, Police Chief; Robert Talcott; Herbert Boekmann; Reva B. Tooley; Samuel L. Williams; Stephen D. Yslas; William Cowdin; Frank E. Piersol; Dominick J. Rivetti; City of San Fernando; County of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Hopkins, Law Office of Richard Hopkins, Simi Valley, California, for plaintiff-appellant.

Randel L. Ledesma, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Beverly Hills, California, for defendants-appellees County of Los Angeles and Sherman Block.

Donna Weisz Jones, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee City of Los Angeles.

Kevin H. Louth, Arthur G. Lesmez, and Joseph Zamora, Liebman, Reiner, Nashison & Walsh, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees City of San Fernando and Rivetti.

Don B. Kates, Benenson & Kates, Novato, California, for amici.

Before: HALL and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and SHUBB, District Judge.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Douglas Ray Hickman appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the appellees, who denied Hickman a concealed weapons permit. He complains, among other things, that the appellees' permit issuance policy violated his Second Amendment right to bear arms. We have jurisdiction over his timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1291, and affirm on the basis that Hickman lacks standing to sue for a violation of the...

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