CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. BARR

No. 18-55599.

929 F.3d 1163 (2019)

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General; Alan R. Hanson, in his official capacity as Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs; Russell Washington, in his official capacity as Acting Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse Panuccio (argued), Brad Hinshelwood , Katherine Twomey Allen , Daniel Tenny , and Mark B. Stern , Appellate Staff; Nicola T. Hanna , United States Attorney; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.

David M. Zionts (argued), Benjamin L. Cavataro , and Ivano M. Ventresca , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.; Neema T. Sahni , Mónica Ramirez Almadani , and Mitchell A. Kamin , Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, California; Michael Dundas , Deputy City Attorney; Valerie L. Flores , Managing Senior Assistant City Attorney; Leela A. Kapur , Executive Assistant City Attorney; James P. Clark , Chief Deputy City Attorney; and Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Matthew J. Piers , Caryn C. Lederer , and Chirag G. Badlani , Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; Daniel B. Rice , Joshua A. Geltzer , and Mary B. McCord , Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Leaders.

Dissent by Judge Wardlaw


OPINION

In 1994, Congress enacted the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (VCCLEA), Pub. L. No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796, to provide a range of federal assistance to state and local law enforcement. The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1807 (the...

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