HERRERA v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

No. 20-55054.

18 F.4th 1156 (2021)

Claudia HERRERA; Cesar Ortiz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, a public entity; Jose Huerta; Jose Lopez; Does; Los Angeles Unified School District, Defendants-Appellees, and County of Los Angeles, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly N. Boyer (argued) and Kathleen J. Becket , Esner Chang & Boyer, Pasadena, California; Michael S. Carrillo and Luis A. Carrillo , Carrillo Law Firm LLP, South Pasadena, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Joseph R. Zamora (argued), Liebman, Quigley & Sheppard, Los Angeles, California; Rudulfo F. Ruiz , Vanderford & Ruiz LLP, Pasadena, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: SANDRA S. IKUTA, MARK J. BENNETT, and RYAN D. NELSON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Erick Ortiz, an autistic high school student, drowned while on a field trip in June 2014. The district court granted summary judgment to the school defendants on the parents' § 1983 claim for deprivation of familial relationship. Because there is no dispute that the school aide was unaware that Erick...

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