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MARTEL v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 91-56268.

21 F.3d 940 (1994)

Angel MARTEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Sherman Block, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, Elias Cuevas, Harry DeLong, Richard Mariadiaga, Mark Shaugnessy, Herb Howland, Jeffrey Lammers, Margarito Robles, and Frank Yanes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Beck, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Douglas J. Collodel, Morris, Polich & Purdy, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: FARRIS, William A. NORRIS, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Dissent by Judge NORRIS.

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

The district judge in this case is an exceptionally able, hard-working, and conscientious jurist. However, he enforces a procedure widely known as the "rocket docket." His standard practice is to set cases for trial within three months of the filing of the answer. He adhered to that policy in this § 1983 police brutality action. As a result, the plaintiff...

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