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RODRIGUEZ v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 13-56292, 14-55374.

891 F.3d 776 (2018)

Heriberto RODRIGUEZ; Carlos Flores; Juan Carlos Sanchez; Erick Nunez; Juan Trinidad, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Defendants, and Daniel Cruz; Matthew Onhemus; Clayton Stelter; Justin Bravo; Herman Delgado; Adrian Ruiz; Carlos Ortega; Francisco Alonso; Christopher Blasnek; Michel McGrattan; Kelley Washington; Alejandro Hernandez Castanon; Arthur Diaz, Jr.; Michael Frazier; Antonio Galindo; Armando Gonzalez; Matthew Nowotny; Joseph Sanford; Hector Vazquez; Ivan Delatorre; John McNicholas, Defendants-Appellants. Heriberto Rodriguez; Carlos Flores; Juan Trinidad; Juan Carlos Sanchez; Erick Nunez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. County of Los Angeles; Daniel Cruz; Christopher Blasnek; Matthew Onhemus; Michel McGrattan; Kelley Washington; Clayton Stelter; Justin Bravo; Francisco Alonso; Alejandro Hernandez Castanon; Michael Frazier; Joseph Sanford; Hector Vazquez; Nicholas Graham; Blake Orlandos; Matthew Thomas; Javier Guzman; Andrew Lyons; Adolph Esqueda; Herman Delgado, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 30, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Lawrence (argued) and Jin S. Choi , Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi P.C., Glendale, California; Andrew C. Pongracz , Seki Nishimura & Watase LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Caitlin S. Weisberg (argued), Barrett S. Litt , and Ronald O. Kaye , Kaye McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP, Pasadena, California; James S. Muller , Offices of James S. Muller, Glendale, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: William A. Fletcher and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and Sarah Evans Barker, District Judge.

OPINION

In 2008, corrections staff at the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail performed "cell extractions" in two high-security units in the course of quelling a disturbance. Appellees, five prisoners in the jail, were severely injured during the extractions. They brought suit in federal district court, alleging...

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