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NAVARRO v. BLOCK

No. 99-55623.

250 F.3d 729 (2001)

Rafael NAVARRO, individually, and as the representative of the class of persons defined in averment 22, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherman BLOCK, Defendant, and Michael D. Antonovich; Yvonne Burke; Donald Knabe; Gloria Molina; Zev Yaraslovsky; Peter F. Schabarum; Deane Dana, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 11, 2001.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cindy S. Lee, Franscell, Strickland, Roberts & Lawrence, Pasadena, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Stephen Yagman, Marion R. Yagman, Kathryn S. Bloomfield, Joseph Reichmann, Yagman & Yagman & Reichmann, Venice Beach, California, Richard H. Millard, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: BROWNING, BRUNETTI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 29, 2001.

MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a complaint alleging bad faith execution of a municipal policy to indemnify police officers from punitive damage awards states a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, we are asked whether municipal officials are entitled to qualified immunity against such claims.

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