Legal Opinion
JONES v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 14, 2006No. 04-55324PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge Wardlaw; Dissent by Judge Rymer
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge.
Six homeless individuals, unable to obtain shelter on the night each was cited or arrested, filed this Eighth Amendment challenge to the enforcement of a City of Los Angeles ordinance that criminalizes sitting, lying, or sleeping on public streets and sidewalks at all times and in all places within Los Angeles’s city limits. Appellants seek limited injunctive relief from enforcement of the ordinance during nighttime hours, i.e., between 9:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., or at any time against the temporarily infirm or permanently…
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