SHAH v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 83-6335.

797 F.2d 743 (1986)

Wallace SHAH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Deputy Sheriff W. Corette, Deputy Sheriff Matsumoto, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Steven Mintz, Ontario, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frederick Bennett, Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before FLETCHER, PREGERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Wallace Shah sued Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriffs Corette and Matsumoto ("the deputies") and the County of Los Angeles ("County") under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly unconstitutional actions committed while Shah was in pretrial detention in the Los Angeles County Jail. Shah alleged that the deputies assaulted and harassed him, denied him medical treatment, and opened his mail without his...

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