Opinion ID: 740573
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Heading: The due process claim against the city

Text: 33 In order to succeed in the claim against the city, Perkins must show that the [c]ity adhered to a 'policy, practice or custom' that caused [him] to be deprived of [his] constitutional rights. Pierce v. Multnomah County, 76 F.3d 1032, 1039 (9th Cir.) (citing Monell ), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 117 S.Ct. 506, 136 L.Ed.2d 397 (1996). 34 Although Perkins alleged in the complaint that West Covina had an official policy of permitting such wrongs as the execution of searches using unlawful warrants, he neither alleged nor produced facts in support of this claim. On appeal, he claims that the city policy that violated his constitutional rights was the failure to provide a reasonable procedure for the recovery of property seized pursuant to a search warrant, or alternatively, the failure to provide him with adequate notice of the procedure for recovery of the seized property. The city does not dispute that the procedure for obtaining the release of property and the practice of leaving a form written notice at a search site constitute city policy for which it is responsible under Monell. 35