U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear City’s Appeal In Retaliation Case by Michael P. Stone, Esq. and Muna Busailah, Esq. On February 24, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the City of Burbank’s petition to grant hearing (certiorari) in City of Burbank v. Angelo Dahlia, No. 10-55978. Thus, the Ninth Circuit’s […]
by Michael P. Stone and Ted Dokko Quezada v. City of Los Angeles (January 8, 2014, B245879) – Cal. Rptr 3rd –, Cal. App. 2nd Dist The Facts Three Los Angeles Police officers, two males and one female, finished their regular work shift at 11 p.m. and went to a […]
JOHN BARNETT Attorney Barnett & Barnett In the award-winning movie about the Mercury space program, The Right Stuff, astronaut Gus Grissom succinctly described exactly how and why the program succeeded in putting the first Americans into space: “No bucks, no Buck Rogers.” In other words, without funding, and a lot […]
JULIA HICKMAN Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern, PC In the previous installment of the Officer Wendy Cross saga, the Oakland Police Department administration lost at arbitration after attempting to discipline Officer Cross for doing too much: The Department argued that Cross’ proactive police work involving a 647(f) arrest and a […]
JUDITH A. ODBERT Senior Associate Attorney Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller & Johnsen Former Town of Truckee Police Officer Arthur Munoz achieved a favorable settlement after the Department violated his rights under the Police Officers Bill of Rights Act (POBRA). The Truckee Police Department accused Munoz of drinking while volunteering at […]