STREIT v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 99-55897, 99-55898, 99-55899, 99-56041, 99-56042, 99-56233, 99-56310, 99-56766.

236 F.3d 552 (2001)

Valerie STREIT, individually and as class representative; Diego Santillana, individually and as class representative; Michael Roerich, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, a governmental entity; Jerry Harper, Undersheriff; Michael Graham, Assistant Sheriff; Barry King, Chief; Bob Pash, Chief; Daniel Burt, Commander, Defendants-Appellants. Eddie Shields, individually and as a class representative, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. County of Los Angeles, a governmental entity; Jerry Harper, Undersheriff; Michael Graham, Assistant Sheriff; Barry King, Chief; Bob Pash, Chief; Daniel Burt, Commander, Defendants-Appellants. Randall Cleaves, individually and as class representative; Alfred Carrillo, individually and as class representative, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. County of Los Angeles, a governmental entity; Jerry Harper, Undersheriff; Michael Graham, Assistant Sheriff; Barry King, Chief; Bob Pash, Chief; Daniel Burt, Commander, Defendants-Appellants. Munique Williams; Michael E. White; April Marie Courie; Eric Mitchell; Diane Ramirez, individually, and as class representative; Heather Yousif, individually, and as class representative; Margo V. Borrup, individually, and as class representative; Quinton Cooper; Ruby Sellars, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Sherman Block, Sheriff, individually and in his Official Capacity, Defendant, and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Defendant-Appellant. LeEllen Patchen, individually and as class representative; Steven Gray, individually and as class representative; Isaac Tchakmakjian, individually and as class representative, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. County of Los Angeles, a governmental entity; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellants. Michael E. White; April Marie Courie; Eric Mitchell; Diane Ramirez, individually and as class representative; Heather Yousif, individually and as class representative; Margo V. Borrup, individually and as class representative; Quinton Cooper; Ruby Sellars; LeEllen Patchen, individually and as class representative; Steven Gray, individually and as class representative; Isaac Tchakmakjian, individually and as class representative; Eddie Shields, individually and as class representative; Diego Santillana, individually and as class representative; Michael Roerich, individually; Randall Cleaves, individually and as class representative, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Sherman NMI Block, Sheriff, individually and in his official capacity, Defendant, and County of Los Angeles, a governmental entity; Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, as Doe 1, Defendants-Appellants. Samuel Gladney, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; Estate of Sherman Block; Jerry Harper; Michael Graham; Robert Mann; Barry King; Daniel Burt, Defendants-Appellants. Munique Williams; Michael E. White; April Marie Courie; Eric Mitchell; Diane Ramirez, individually, and as class representative; Margo V. Borrup, individually, and as class representative; Quinton Cooper; Ruby Sellars, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Johnny Ray Tolbert; Kevin Baxter, individually and as class representatives and in their capacities as taxpayers; Joseph Whitner, individually, and as class No. 99-56766 D.C. No. representative; Yolanda Corbert, Cv-97-03826-Wjr individually, and as class representative; Cassondra McNair, individually, and as class representative; Ronald J. Borrup, individually, and as class representative; Kirk Douglas; Julian Valdez; Frank Lopez; Joe Sanchez, Jr.; Moises Carranza; Hamid Shahian; Herman Wyche; Duc Huu Pham; Regina Lanell Reed; Roy Lee Wimberly; Gregory White; Edward Allen Palmer, Plaintiffs, v. Sherman Block, individually and in his official capacity; Jerry Harper, Undersheriff; Michael Graham, Assistant Sheriff; Barry King, Chief; Does 1 Through 1000, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants, and County of Los Angeles, a governmental entity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Lawrence, Scott D. MacLatchie, and Chandra Gehri Spencer, Franscell, Strickland, Roberts, & Lawrence, Pasadena, California, for the defendants-appellants.

John Burton, Law Offices of John Burton, Pasadena, California; Robert C. Moest, Santa Monica, California, Barrett S. Litt, Litt & Associates, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: Harry PREGERSON, Warren J. FERGUSON, and Kim McLane WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted February 10, 2000 — Pasadena, California.

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Does the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (the "LASD") in adopting and administering its policy of requiring that a records check, including review of all wants and holds received on a prisoner's release date, act on behalf of the state of California or on behalf of the County of Los Angeles (the "County")? The answer to this question determines whether the...

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