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VAZQUEZ v. COUNTY OF KERN

Nos. 18-15060, 18-15671.

949 F.3d 1153 (2020)

Samantha VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF KERN; Heathe Appleton; George Anderson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 31, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Seabaugh (argued), The Law Office of Thomas C. Seabaugh, Los Angeles, California; Paul Hoffman , Schonbrun Desimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP, Hermosa Beach, California; David K. Cohn , Chain Cohn Stiles, Bakersfield, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathleen Sarah Rivera (argued), Deputy County Counsel; Mark L. Nations , County Counsel; Office of the Kern County Counsel, Bakersfield, California; for Defendants-Appellees County of Kern and Heathe Appleton.

James D. Weakley (argued) and Ashley N. Torres , Weakley and Arendt PC, Fresno, California; for Defendant-Appellee George Anderson.

Ian M. Kysel (argued) and Amanda Goad , ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Santa Ana, California, for Amicus Curiae ACLU of Southern California.

Before: Richard A. Paez and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Paul C. Huck, District Judge.

OPINION

In January 2015, Samantha Vazquez was arrested on an outstanding warrant and taken to Kern County Juvenile Hall. Vazquez argues that while in custody at the hall, a Juvenile Corrections Officer, George Anderson, made sexual comments to her, groomed her for sexual abuse, and looked at her inappropriately while...

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