B.C. v. PLUMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

No. 97-17287.

192 F.3d 1260 (1999)

B.C., suing through his legal guardian Cinthia Ann Powers, Cinthia Ann Powers, suing on behalf of B.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PLUMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant, and Plumas County Sheriff's Department; Joseph Hagwood, in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Superintendent of Plumas Unified School District; Richard Spears, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as Principal of Quincy High School; Arturo Barrera, in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Vice Principal of Quincy High School; Rod Decrona, in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Plumas County Assistant Sheriff; Dean Canalia, Assistant Sheriff; Steven Hitch, Detective, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1999.

As Amended October 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Nick and Kenneth N. Frucht, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Franklin G. Gumpert and Valentina Reiner, Barkett, Gumpert & Reiner, Sacramento, California for defendants-appellees Sheriff's Department and Officers.

Laurence L. Angelo and Amy H. Ruggles, Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff, Sacramento, California for defendants-appellees School Officials.

Before: PREGERSON and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and AIKEN, District Judge


Opinion by Judge PREGERSON; Concurrence by Judge BRUNETTI.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a dog sniff of students at Quincy High School in Plumas County, California. Plaintiff B.C., a Quincy High School student, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleged several deprivations of his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures and various state law claims.2 B.C. named...

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