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CASTRO v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 12-56829.

785 F.3d 336 (2015)

Jonathan Michael CASTRO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles Sheriff's Department; Christopher Solomon; David Valentine, Sergeant, aka Valentine, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 1, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melinda Cantrall (argued) and Thomas C. Hurrell , Hurrell Cantrall LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellants.

John Burton (argued), Law Offices of John Burton, Pasadena, CA; Maria Cavalluzzi , Cavalluzzi & Cavalluzzi, Los Angeles, CA; and Lawrence Lallande , Lallande Law PLC, Long Beach, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge GILMAN; Concurrence by Judge CALLAHAN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge GRABER.

OPINION

In October 2009, Jonathan Castro was arrested for being drunk in public. He was housed in a "sobering cell" at the Los Angeles Sheriff's West Hollywood Station where, a few hours after his arrest, he was savagely attacked by another intoxicated arrestee who had been placed in the cell with him. The...

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