Legal Opinion
Christopher MACKINNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Garon NIELSEN, Dash Butler, Al Littles, and City of Berkeley, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1995No. 94-15438PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Christopher Mackinney appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Garon Nielsen, Dash Butler, A1 Littles, and the City of Berkeley in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Mackinney alleges that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested and detained for writing on a sidewalk with chalk. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
FACTS
Mackinney is a resident of Berkeley, California. On September 17, 1992, Mackinney and a friend wrote on a public sidewalk in Berkeley with…
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