CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE v. BUTTS

No. CV 95-8634-ER(JGx).

922 F.Supp. 327 (1996)

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James BUTTS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

April 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Weisselberg, Los Angeles, CA, Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation of So. Calif., Los Angeles, CA, William J. Genego, Jr., Santa Monica, CA, for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

Jeanette Schachtner, Santa Monica, CA, for James Butts.

Frederick N. Merkin, Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Debra Lynn Gonzalez, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Willie L. Williams.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

RAFEEDIE, District Judge.

Introduction

Plaintiffs in this case charge that local police departments systematically and intentionally violate the Miranda rights of criminal defendants by ignoring invocations of the right to remain silent and the right to counsel. Defendants, who are police chiefs, individual detectives, and the cities of Los Angeles...

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