Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)

Citation: Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)
Parent Document: Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2018-05-30
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4502306/heriberto-rodriguez-v-county-of... ↗

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The panel held that the district court did not err by
denying appellants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b) motion, based on
qualified immunity, for judgment as a matter of law. The
panel held that there was abundant evidence presented to the
jury that appellants inflicted severe injuries on appellees
while they were not resisting, and even while they were
unconscious. A jury could reasonably reject appellants’
argument that they acted reasonably and instead determine
that the force was not part of a good-faith effort to maintain
or restore discipline. The panel therefore rejected appellants’
sufficiency of the evidence challenge to the jury’s finding of
a constitutional violation.

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