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BROWN v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 06-55699.

521 F.3d 1238 (2008)

Darryl BROWN; Martin V. Whitfield, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Zamos, Zamos & Okojie, Woodland Hills, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul L. Winnemore, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, SUSAN P. GRABER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

I.

Plaintiffs Darryl Brown and Martin Whitfield were injured in the line of duty as officers of the City of Los Angeles Police Department ("LAPD"). They both applied for benefits under LAPD's disability retirement pension, which contains an offset: disability pension payments are reduced by the amount of any worker's compensation award the officer receives for the disabling injury. Plaintiffs claim that the offset amounts to disability discrimination...

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