ABBATE v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

No. H021274.

111 Cal.Rptr.2d 412 (2001)

91 Cal.App.4th 1231

Richard T. ABBATE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

Review Denied November 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burnett, Burnett & Allen, San Jose, Douglas B. Allen, Milpitas, Blaine L. Fields, San Jose, Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Office of the County Counsel, Ann Miller Ravel, James Rumble, San Jose, Dodd, Futterman & Dupree, Martin H. Dodd, San Francisco, Attorney for Defendants/Respondent.


PREMO, Acting P.J.

After two unsuccessful attempts to provide armed correctional officers in the Santa Clara County jail when control of the jail was transferred from the sheriff (Sheriff or Sheriffs Office) to the newly formed county Department of Correction (Correction), in 1997 the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors retransferred jail functions requiring armed officers to the Sheriff. Correctional officers were transferred to the Sheriffs Office for assignment...

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