CORTEZ v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 00-56781.

294 F.3d 1186 (2002)

Moreno Avalos CORTEZ; Mauricio Robert Avalos; Terry Leach; Lydia Avalos; Guillermo Avalos; Kathy Granillo, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Wilson (argued) and Julie Fleming, Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Barry S. Zelner (argued) and Charles L. Fonarow, Zelner & Karpel, Beverly Hills, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FERGUSON, T.G. NELSON and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is whether the actions of a California sheriff are attributable to the county for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Since McMillian v. Monroe County, 520 U.S. 781, 117 S.Ct. 1734, 138 L.Ed.2d 1 (1997), we have had several occasions to address this question and have invariably answered it in the affirmative. Consistent with Streit v. County of Los Angeles,<...

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