MARTINEZ v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 96-55869.

141 F.3d 1373 (1998)

Jose Gonzalez MARTINEZ; Maria Pinto de Gonzalez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a municipal corporation; Los Angeles Police Department; Willie Williams, Chief, Los Angeles Police Department; Detective Gilbert Moya, Salvador Nares, John White, Alberto F. Gonzales, in their official and individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hoffman, Bostwick & Hoffman, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Gregory P. Orland and Don W. Vincent, Deputy City Attorneys, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: CANBY and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and MOLLOY, District Judge.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

At the request of the Los Angeles Police Department, Mexican authorities arrested the plaintiff in this case, Jose Gonzalez Martinez, a Mexican national, in Mexico, for a murder committed in Los Angeles. Martinez was held for prosecution in Mexico pursuant to Article IV of the Mexican Federal Penal Code.1 Martinez did not commit the murder. Nevertheless, he was...

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