CASTRO v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 12-56829.

833 F.3d 1060 (2016)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

David M. Shapiro (argued), Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois; Paul W. Hughes , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; David C. Fathi , ACLU National Prison Project, Washington, D.C.; Peter Eliasberg , ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; for Amici Curiae ACLU of Southern California, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Defense Center, National Police Accountability Project, and Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center.

Dissent by Judge Ikuta


OPINION

The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department ("LASD") detained Jonathan Castro in a sobering cell in the West Hollywood police station. Several hours later, authorities placed Jonathan Gonzalez, a combative inmate who had been arrested on a felony charge, in the same cell. Castro banged on the cell's window to try...

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