Summary
rejecting qualified immunity where jury already had found defendant to be deliberately indifferent for putting combative arrestee in the sobering cell with plaintiff who had been arrested for his own safety after being found drunk in public
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No. 12–56829.
2015-05-01
Jonathan Michael CASTRO, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles Sheriff's Department; Christopher Solomon; David Valentine, Sergeant, aka Valentine, Defendants–Appellants.
Melinda Cantrall (argued) and Thomas C. Hurrell , Hurrell Cantrall LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellants. John Burton (argued), Law Offices of John Burton, Pasadena, CA; Maria Cavalluzzi , Cavalluzzi & Cavalluzzi, Los Angeles, CA; and Lawrence Lallande , Lallande Law PLC, Long Beach, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Opinion by Judge GILMAN; Concurrence by Judge CALLAHAN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge GRABER.
Editor's Note: The opinion of the Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, in Castro v. County of Los Angeles, published in the bound volume at this citation, 785 F.3d 336, was withdrawn from online because it was withdrawn and superseded August 11, 2015. For superseding opinion, see 2015 WL 4731366.