CARRILLO v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 12-57229, 13-56817.

798 F.3d 1210 (2015)

Francisco CARRILLO, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Craig Ditsch, Defendants-Appellants. Frank O'Connell; Nicholas O'Connell, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J.D. Smith; Eric Parra; County of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Beach , Michael D. Allen (argued), George E. Morris Jr. , Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, PC, Glendale, CA, for Defendants-Appellants J.D. Smith and Eric Parra.

David D. Lawrence , Jin S. Choi (argued), Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, PC, Glendale, CA, for Defendant-Appellant Craig Ditsch.

Barrett S. Litt (argued), Lindsay B. Battles , Kaye, McLane, Bednarski & Litt, LLP, Pasadena, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Frank and Nicholas O'Connell.

Ronald O. Kaye , Marilyn E. Bednarski , Caitlin S. Weisberg , Barrett S. Litt (argued), Kaye, McLane, Bednarski & Litt, LLP, Pasadena, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee Francisco Carrillo, Jr.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER, JAY S. BYBEE and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Frank O'Connell and Francisco Carrillo were wrongfully imprisoned for decades before eventually securing habeas relief. After release, they separately brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in federal district court against the police investigators involved in their respective cases, arguing in part the...

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