ASS'N FOR L.A. DEPUTY SHERIFFS v. COUNTY OF L.A.

No. 08-56283.

648 F.3d 986 (2011)

ASSOCIATION FOR LOS ANGELES DEPUTY SHERIFFS, in Its Representational Capacity, on Behalf of Its Members; Darrin Wilkinson; Lisa Brown Debs; Sean O'Donoghue; David Sherr, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, a Municipal Corporation (also erroneously sued as the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department); Gloria Molina, in her capacity as a Los Angeles County Supervisor; Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, in her capacity as a Los Angeles County Supervisor; Zev Yaroslavsky, in his capacity as a Los Angeles County Supervisor; Don Knabe, in his capacity as a Los Angeles County Supervisor; Michael D. Antonovich, in his capacity as a Los Angeles County Supervisor; Lynn Adkins, in his capacity as a Civil Service Commissioner; Vange Felton, in her capacity as a Civil Service Commissioner; Carol Fox, in her capacity as a Civil Service Commissioner; Z. Greg Kahwajian, in his capacity as a Civil Service Commissioner; Evelyn Martinez, in her capacity as a Civil Service Commissioner; Leroy Baca, individually and as Sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth J. Gibbons , Green & Shinee, Encino, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Connie C. Almond (argued) and Jeffrey C. Freedman , Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Opinion by Judge PREGERSON, Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge IKUTA.


OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the requirements of due process when law enforcement officers charged with felonies are suspended without pay. We affirm in part and reverse in part the decision of the district court.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1

Plaintiffs Darrin Wilkinson, David Sherr, Lisa Brown Debs, and Sean O'Donoghue are four current or former Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs...

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