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THOMAS v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 91-56047, 91-56048.

978 F.2d 504 (1992)

Darren THOMAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; City of Lynwood; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; Sheriff Sherman Block; Captain Bert J. Cueva; Defendants-Appellants. Darren THOMAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant, and Paul Archambault; Katherine Brown-Voyer; Tony Campbell; James Corrigan; Robert Delgadillo; Kelly Gill; Douglas Gillies; Ruben Gracias; Kevin Kiff; J. Leslie; Jason Mann; Guy Mato; John Mossotti; Ed Nordskog; Michael Pippin; Dan Raimo; Thomas Rosas; J. Sheehy; Elizabeth Smith; Greg Thompson; Michael Voge; Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1992.

As Amended February 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Manning and Robert S. Wolfe, Douglas J. Collodel, and Richard H. Nakamura, Jr., Morris, Polich & Purdy, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Robert A. Olson, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Patrick O. Patterson, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: SCHROEDER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, predominately black and hispanic residents of the City of Lynwood, California, brought this section 1983 class action alleging that deputy sheriffs at the Lynwood station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were mistreating minority citizens. The complaint, filed against the County of Los Angeles, the City of Lynwood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, supervisory...

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