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JONES v. WILLIAMS

No. 00-56929.

286 F.3d 1159 (2002)

Betty JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Willie WILLIAMS; City of Los Angeles; Michael Akana; Grady Dublin; Richard Ludwig; Chester McMillion; Edward Ortiz; Wilson Wong; Alfonso Reyes; Richard A. Brown; Richard Ginelli; Gary Clarke; Robert Holcomb; David Nila; Richard Selleh; Mark Kroecker; Michael Hillman Michael Downing, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees, and Daryl Gates; Arthur Daedelow; Martina Villalobos, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 18, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman & Reichmann, Venice, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Janet G. Bogigian, City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before O'SCANNLAIN and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and REED, Jr., District Judge.

OPINION

REED, District Judge.

This case presents a difficult question: can officers be held liable for an allegedly unlawful search when there is no direct evidence of their individual participation? We conclude that in this case they cannot. This case also presents a difficult situation: a search of a house, pursuant to a warrant, that results in the destruction of personal property. Our reaction to the situation is great sympathy for Betty Jones.

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