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MOUA v. CITY OF CHICO

No. CIV-S-02-0923DFL/KJM.

324 F.Supp.2d 1132 (2004)

Xiong Xeng MOUA; Kenneth Chee Lee; Nhia Vue; Mee Vang Moua; Yee Moua; Bee Moua, by his guardian ad litem, Mee Vang Moua; Joseph Moua, by his guardian ad litem, Mee Vang Moua; and Dia Moua, by her guardian ad litem, Mee Vang Moua, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICO; Chico City Council; Chico Police Department; Dan Herbert; Maureen Kirk; Steve Bertagna; Dan Nguyen-Tan; Coleen Jarvis; Scott Gruendl; Larry Wahl; Bruce Hagerty; Michael Nelson; Chad Keichler; Stratton & Kerch, Inc., a California corporation; Richard Shorkey; and Catherine Shorkey, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

April 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ilene Janet Jacobs, California Rural Legal Assistance, Marysville, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Bruce Alan Kilday, Esq., Samantha R. Guild, Esq., Angelo Kilday and Kilduff, Sacramento, CA, Chad Keichler, Chico, CA, Larry L. Hill, Esq., Nisson Pincin Sinclair Hill and Perrine, Redding, CA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

LEVI, District Judge.

The central issue in this case is whether the Equal Protection Clause requires a police department to provide an interpreter for any non-English-speaking victim of a crime who seeks police assistance. The plaintiffs in this case are Chico residents of Hmong ancestry who speak Hmong as their primary language and have limited proficiency in English.1 Invoking the Equal...

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