Angela Bernhardt v. County of Los Angeles

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANGELA BERNHARDT,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
Defendant - Appellee,
LAURENCE D. RUBIN, Justice of the
California Court of Appeal, Second
Appellate District, Division 8,
Movant.
No. 09-55534
D.C. No. 2:99-cv-10121-GHK-
PLA
MEMORANDUM *
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
George H. King, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted April 7, 2010**
Pasadena, California
Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
FILED
APR 09 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Angela Bernhardt appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in
favor of Los Angeles County in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
The district court did not err by granting summary judgment. Bernhardt’s
claims for damages and prospective relief are premised on her purported right to
transfer her 42 U.S.C. § 1988 right to seek attorney’s fees to her attorney.
However, she has no such right and any such transfer would be void as a matter of
law. See Pony v. County of Los Angeles, 433 F.3d 1138, 1144-45 (9th Cir. 2006).
AFFIRMED.

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