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GANT v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 12-56080.

772 F.3d 608 (2014)

Kelvin GANT, an individual; Reginald Lenard Smith; Jose Alexander Ventura, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; City of Los Angeles; City of Chino; Chino Police Department; County of San Bernardino; San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted May 19, 2014.

Filed November 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Cook (argued) and Robert Mann , Mann & Cook Law Offices, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael Allen , Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, P.C., Glendale, CA, for Defendants-Appellees County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and City of Los Angeles.

Scott Eric Caron (argued), Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, P.C., Glendale, CA, for Defendants-Appellees County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and County of San Bernardino.

Lisa S. Berger , Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee City of Los Angeles.

Jules Solomon Zeman (argued), Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees City of Chino and the Chino Police Department.

James H. Thebeau (argued), Deputy County Counsel, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, for Defendants-Appellees County of San Bernardino and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, MILAN D. SMITH, Jr., and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

CHRISTEN, Circuit Judge:

This is a case of mistaken identity arising from the separate arrests and detentions of Kelvin Gant and Jose Alexander Ventura based on warrants intended for other people. Appellants filed over twenty federal and state law claims alleging that various defendants issued flawed warrants, improperly arrested them, or improperly detained them. The district court ruled against all of appellants' claims in orders granting defendants...

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