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 also found unpersuasive appellants’ arguments
that the law regarding their conduct was not clearly
established. Addressing the liability of the deputy appellants,
the panel held that no reasonable deputy in appellants’
position would have believed that beating a prisoner to the
point of serious injury, unconsciousness, or hospitalization
solely to cause him pain was constitutionally permissible.
The panel rejected the argument that the limits on the proper
use of tasers were still unclear as of 2008, stating that once a
jury has determined on the basis of sufficient evidence that
prison officials maliciously and sadistically used more than
de minimis force to cause harm, contemporary standards of
decency, and thus the Eighth Amendment, always are
violated.
                    RODRIGUEZ V. CRUZ                         5

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