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PONY v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 03-56855.

433 F.3d 1138 (2006)

Paulette PONY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Michael R. Mitchell, Intervenor-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellee, and Marc Jon Weigensberg; Carola Felber; Quitzia Guerrero, a/k/a Doe 1, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Mitchell, in pro per, Woodland Hills, CA, for the appellant.

Clayton C. Averbuck, Monroy, Averbuck & Gysler, Westlake Village, CA, and Timothy T. Coates, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: FARRIS, FERNANDEZ, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

The issue before us is whether a plaintiff bringing suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 can assign her right to seek attorney's fees to her attorney. We answer that she may not, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 19, 2002, Wilma Pony, the legal guardian of Paulette Pony, a minor, filed suit against the County of Los Angeles (the "County") and various employees of the Los Angeles...

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