Leslie D. COLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that the actions of a police sergeant with discretion to recommend hiring, firing, and discipline of employees could not be attributed to the municipality because the sergeant was not responsible for establishing final employment policy
• noting that “[i]t is well estab- lished in this Circuit that claims which are not addressed in the appellant’s brief are deemed abandoned”
• noting that “[i]t is well established in this Circuit that claims which are not addressed in the appellant’s brief are deemed aban- doned”
• explaining that within a police structure similar to Portland’s, a police sergeant “is not the city official responsible for establishing final department policy” even though he or she “may have discretion to recommend hiring, firing, and discipline of employees”
• noting 7 “well established” principle “that claims which are not addressed in [an] appellant’s brief 8 are deemed abandoned”
• addressing a scenario under which a police sergeant had “discretion to recommend hiring, firing, and discipline” (emphasis added)

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