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DEMUTH v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 12-57197.

798 F.3d 837 (2015)

Florentina DEMUTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, a public entity; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a public entity; Wai Chiu R. LI, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Crawford (argued), Henry G. Weinstein , Crawford Weinstein LLP, Sherman Oaks, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven Jeff Renick (argued), Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Maureen Thomas , Michael Thomas , Thomas and Thomas, Agoura Hills, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, MORGAN CHRISTEN and ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

A deputy sheriff briefly arrested counsel Florentina Demuth pursuant to a judicial command that she appear in court. We decide whether the deputy is protected by qualified immunity.

FACTS

This story begins in Los Angeles's Los Padrinos Juvenile Courthouse. Florentina Demuth, a public defender...

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