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TORRES v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 06-55817.

540 F.3d 1031 (2008)

Raymond TORRES; Maria Elva Almador-Torres, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles Police Department; Brad Roberts, LAPD Detective; Jennifer Hickman, LAPD Detective; Steve Park, LAPD Detective; F. Rains, LAPD Detective, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson E. Brestoff (argued), Moskowitz, Brestoff, Winston & Blinderman, LLP, Valencia, CA, Julia A. Follansbee, Follansbee & Associates, Bend, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Rockard J. Delgadillo, Janet G. Bogigian, Amy Jo Field (argued), Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: B. FLETCHER and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

In 2004, plaintiff Raymond Torres, who was then 16 years old, was arrested, without a warrant, on charges of murder and attempted murder. After 162 days of incarceration, Torres was released when the district attorney dismissed the charges against him. Following his release, Torres and his mother ("Plaintiffs") brought a civil rights action against the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department ("LAPD"), and four LAPD...

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