SAN JOSE CHARTER OF HELLS ANGELS v. SAN JOSE

Nos. 02-16329, 02-17132.

402 F.3d 962 (2005)

The SAN JOSE CHARTER OF the HELLS ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, an unincorporated association; James Arnett; Marnie Arnett; Robert Brancato; Leslie Brancato; Ronald Cook; Vicki Bozzi; Fillmore Cross; Margaret Cross; Ted Demello; Deborah Van Tassel; James Elrite; Molly Elrite; Larry Gorham; Jeffrey Pettigrew; James Souza; Robert Vieira; Lori Vieira; James Welch; Gregory Wilkins; Denise Wilkins, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF SAN JOSE, a municipal corporation, Defendant, and Decena, Sgt.; Carney, Sgt.; Messier, Officer; Nieves, Officer; Michael Fernandez, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer; William Manion, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer; D. Newman, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer; Knox, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer, Defendants-Appellants. The San Jose Charter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, an unincorporated association; James Arnett; Marnie Arnett; Robert Brancato; Leslie Brancato; Ronald Cook; Vicki Bozzi; Fillmore Cross; Margaret Cross; Ted DeMello; Deborah Van Tassel; James Elrite; Molly Elrite; Larry Gorham; Jeffrey Pettigrew; James Souza; Robert Vieira; Lori Vieira; James Welch; Gregory Wilkins; Denise Wilkins, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of San Jose, a municipal corporation; Decena, Sgt.; Carney, Sgt.; Messier, Officer; Nieves, Officer; Michael Fernandez, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer; William Manion, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer; D. Newman, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer; Knox, Police Officer, San Jose Police Officer; Jorge Gil-Blanco, Officer; Charles Gillingham, Sheriff; Mark Tracy, Sheriff; City of Capitola; Donald Braunton; M. Laplant, FBI Agent; Keith Little, Officer; San Jose Police Dept. Net Entry Team; San Jose Police Dept. M.E.R.G.E. Unit # 2; James Greer; Ronald Lebaudour; Santa Clara Police Officers; Coffman, Officer; Gilroy Police Dept., Defendants, and Robert Linderman, Deputy Sheriff, in his individual capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel, Winifred Botha, Lead Deputy County Counsel, and Aryn Paige Harris, Deputy County Counsel, Office of the County Counsel, San Jose, CA, for defendant-appellant Linderman.

Richard Doyle, City Attorney, Michael G. Groves, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Clifford Greenberg, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, San Jose, CA, for defendants-appellants Decena, Newman, Manion, Knox, Carney, Messier, and Nieves.

Karen L. Snell, Kate Dyer, and Marc H. Axelbaum, Clarence, Snell & Dyer, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: PAEZ, BERZON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.


PAEZ, Circuit Judge.

In this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Defendants-Appellants, seven San Jose City Police Officers ("SJPOs")1 and Deputy Sheriff Linderman, appeal from an order of the district court denying in part their motions for qualified immunity. This action arises out of the simultaneous execution of search warrants at the residences of members of the Hells Angels, and at the Hells Angels clubhouse on January...

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