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LAVAN v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 11-56253.

693 F.3d 1022 (2012)

Tony LAVAN; Caterius Smith; Willie Vassie; Ernest Seymore; Lamoen Hall; Shamal Ballantine; Byron Reese; Reginald Wilson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen A. Trutanich , City Attorney, and Amy Jo Field , Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Carol A. Sobel , Law Office of Carol A. Sobel, Santa Monica, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Opinion by Judge WARDLAW; Dissent by Judge CALLAHAN.

OPINION

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Appellees, nine homeless individuals living in the "Skid Row" district of Los Angeles, charge that the City of Los Angeles (the "City") violated their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by seizing and immediately destroying their unabandoned personal possessions, temporarily left on public sidewalks while Appellees attended to necessary tasks such as eating, showering, and using...

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