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Skerston v. County of Los Angeles

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Apr 14, 2014
569 F. App'x 498 (9th Cir. 2014)

Opinion

Submitted April 7, 2014

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 32.1)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. D.C. No. 8:11-cv-00803-DDP-RZ. Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge, Presiding.

PAULA SKERSTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, Pro se, Fullerton, CA.

For COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STEVE BELL, Deputy, RODRIGUEZ, Deputy, Defendants - Appellees: Calvin House, Attorney, GUTIERREZ PRECIADO & HOUSE, LLP, Pasadena, CA.


Before: TASHIMA, GRABER, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Paula Skerston, an attorney, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of her Fourth Amendment rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Ramirez v. City of Buena Park, 560 F.3d 1012, 1019 (9th Cir. 2009), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Skerston failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants lacked reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop. See Liberal v. Estrada, 632 F.3d 1064, 1077 (9th Cir. 2011) (reasonable suspicion requires that an officer have " specific, articulable facts which, together with objective and reasonable inferences, form the basis for suspecting that the particular person detained is engaged in criminal activity" (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cnty., 542 U.S. 177, 186, 124 S.Ct. 2451, 159 L.Ed.2d 292 (2004) (inquiry into a suspect's identity is a " routine and accepted" part of an investigatory stop and serves important government interests, including informing an officer that the suspect is wanted for any other offense).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Skerston v. County of Los Angeles

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Apr 14, 2014
569 F. App'x 498 (9th Cir. 2014)
Case details for

Skerston v. County of Los Angeles

Case Details

Full title:PAULA SKERSTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; et al.…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Apr 14, 2014

Citations

569 F. App'x 498 (9th Cir. 2014)