Sterling Usher v. City of Los Angeles, Richard A. Gonzales, Michael E. Melton, Jose E. Ramirez, Joe Rios, and Robert L. Vann

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• holding that contentions that “police officers called him ‘nigger’ and ‘coon’ ... are sufficient to demonstrate racial animus”
• concluding the plaintiff adequately 2 stated a malicious prosecution claim based on allegations that “the defendants illegally arrested 3 him, contrived charges to justify the arrest, submitted false police reports, and initiated his 4 criminal prosecution in bad faith”
• concluding the plaintiff 22 adequately stated a malicious prosecution claim based on allegations that “the defendants illegally 23 arrested him, contrived charges to justify the arrest, submitted false police reports, and initiated 24 his criminal prosecution in bad faith”
• concluding the plaintiff 18 adequately stated a malicious prosecution claim based on allegations that “the defendants illegally 19 arrested him, contrived charges to justify the arrest, submitted false police reports, and initiated 20 his criminal prosecution in bad faith”
• claim of malicious prosecution is cognizable under Section 1983 if prosecution is conducted with intent to deprive person of equal protection of the laws
• “[T]he general rule is that a claim of malicious prosecution is not cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 if process is available within the state judicial system to provide a remedy.”

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