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Case Documents
1 2001-06-04 APPELLANT BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 121307
22 pages
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2 2001-03-22 OPPOSITION TO STAY
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12 pages
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Total Documents: 2 documents , 34 pages
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1 . APPELLANT BRIEF

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DISTRICT COURT
LEAGUE
UNITED STATES
CITY
INTERVENE
INTERVENTION
CONSENT DECREE
LOS ANGELES POLICE
APPEALS
LOS ANGELES
CIR
UNDERLYING
LITIGATION
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROPOSED DECREE
STATE LAW
ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
CALIFORNIA
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
CERTIFICATE
PROVISIONS
INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS
COMPLIANCE
LOCAL LAW
CONFER PROCESS
COMPLAINT
LAPD
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
                                                     No. 01-55182

                      IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                        FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
                                       _________________________

                                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                        Plaintiff-Appellee

                                                                v.

        CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS,
                             LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT,

                                        Applicant in Intervention-Appellant

                                    ____________________________

           ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                     FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

                                   _____________________________

                     BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES AS APPELLEE
                                   _____________________________

                                                                      WILLIAM R. YEOMANS
                                                                       Acting Assistant Attorney
                                                                      MARK L. GROSS
                                                                      SARAH E. HARRINGTON
                                                                       Attorneys
                                                                       Department of Justice
                                                                       P.O. Box 66078
                                                                       Washington, DC 20035-6078
                                                                       (202) 305-7999



                                       TABLE OF CONTENTS



                                                                                                   

JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ISSUE PRESENTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
  • CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS,
  • LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT,
  • ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • THE LEAGUE IS NOT ENTITLED TO INTERVENE
  • Merits Of The Underlying Litigation
  • Implementation Of The Consent Decree
  • CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
  • 40 F.3d 312 (9th Cir.
  • The denial of a motion for permissive intervention is appealable only
  • 1, Complaint, at 2).1 The suit
  • The stated purpose of the consent decree is to "provide for the
  • United States' claims without resort to adversarial litigation" (R.
  • Nothing in this Agreement is intended to: alter the existing collective bargaining agreements
  • The parties acknowledge that as a matter of state and local law the implementation by the
  • Paragraph 184 of the proposed decree further explicates the
  • "shall continue" with the meet and confer process as mandated by state law.
  • protect the collective bargaining agreement between the City and the League
  • On November 8, 2000, the League also filed a separate complaint seeking declaratory and
  • it was not filed against the League or any of the individual officers

  • 2 . OPPOSITION TO STAY

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DISTRICT COURT
    UNITED STATES
    CITY
    RIGHTS
    MOTION
    DECREE
    LOS ANGELES
    LOS ANGELES POLICE
    CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
    PRACTICE
    SUIT
    EXH
    PATTERN
    COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
    POLICE DEPARTMENT
    MOT
    PROPOSED DECREE
    CONSENT DECREE
    COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
    INTERVENE
    COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS
    LOS ANGELES BOARD
    POLICE COMMISSIONERS
    DEPRIVING INDIVIDUALS
    HARDSHIPS
    PERMISSIVE INTERVENTION
    PROVISIONS
    CALIFORNIA
    OPPOSITION
    
                                               No. 01-55182
                                      ________________________
    
                           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                       FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
                                      ________________________
    
                                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    
                                                           Plaintiff-Appellee
    
                                                     v.
    
                 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS,
                               LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT,
    
                                                           Defendants-Appellees
    
                          LOS ANGELES POLICE PROTECTIVE LEAGUE,
    
                                                           Applicant in Intervention-Appellant
    
                                      ________________________
    
                   ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                          FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
                                      ________________________
    
                   UNITED STATES' OPPOSITION TO LOS ANGELES POLICE
                PROTECTIVE LEAGUE'S MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL
                                      ________________________
    
                                            INTRODUCTION
    
           1. This case arises out of a suit filed on November 3, 2001, by the United States
    
    Department of Justice against the City of Los Angeles, California, the Los Angeles Board of
    
    Police Commissioners, and the Los Angeles Police Department ("LAPD").  The suit alleges that
    
    the defendants engage in a pattern or practice of depriving individuals of constitutional rights
    
    through the use of excessive force, false arrests, and improper searches and seizures (Mot. for
    
    Stay, Exh. A at 2).  The suit was filed under 42 U.S.C. 14141, which makes it unlawful for "any
    
    
    
                                                    - 2 -
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS,
  • LOS ANGELES POLICE PROTECTIVE LEAGUE,
  • ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • UNITED STATES' OPPOSITION TO LOS ANGELES POLICE PROTECTIVE LEAGUE'S MOTION FOR STAY PENDING
  • This case arises out of a suit filed on November 3, 2001, by the United States
  • Department of Justice against the City of Los Angeles, California, the Los Angeles Board of
  • Police Commissioners, and the Los Angeles Police Department.
  • the defendants engage in a pattern or practice of depriving individuals of constitutional
  • through the use of excessive force, false arrests, and improper searches and seizures (Mot.
  • Stay, Exh.
  • officers * * * that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or
  • purpose of the Consent Decree is to "provide for the expeditious implementation of remedial
  • The proposed decree specifically incorporates provisions intended to protect the
  • bargaining rights and bargained-for rights of the Los Angeles Police Protective League
  • Nothing in this Agreement is intended to: alter the existing collective bargaining agreements
  • The parties acknowledge that as a matter of state and local law the implementation by the
  • court to modify the consent decree if the collective bargaining process or any agreements
  • On December 11, 2000, the League moved to intervene in this action, claiming a right
  • prevent violations allegedly imposed by the decree of officers' constitutional rights and
  • League's collective bargaining agreement with the City, the League has a legally protectable
  • Permissive Intervention
  • The League Cannot Demonstrate That The Balance Of Hardships Tips Sharply In Its Favor
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