Legal Opinion
Avila v. Los Angeles Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2014No. 12-55931, 12-56554PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:
Leonard Avila, a police officer, periodically worked through his lunch break but did not claim overtime. According to his commanding officer, Avila was a model officer. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), however, deemed Avila insubordinate for not claiming overtime and fired him.
Not coincidentally, that termination occurred only after Avila had testified in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit brought by fellow officer, Edward Maciel, who sought overtime pay for working through his lunch hours. Avila then *1099brought this action, claiming that he was…
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