Gina Shaw v. James K. Hahn John Emerson James Pearson Thomas Hokinson

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Gina Shaw appeals the district court’s dismissal of her civil rights action against the City of Los Angeles and former and current members of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Shaw, who is African-American, claims that the defendants violated her equal protection rights by exercising a peremptory challenge to remove her from a venire panel on the basis of her race. We have jurisdiction and affirm.

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In September of 1993, Shaw was called for jury duty and was among the jurors subjected to voir dire in the case of Tapia v. Gates. Tapia involved claims against the…