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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Appellee Erik Nunez testified that before entering his cell
deputies shot him four or five times with large rubber or
wooden bullets from a block gun. They then threw a
concussion grenade into the cell. When they came into the
cell, they pushed Nunez to the floor. Nunez “immediately . . .
began feeling blows.” Deputies kicked him with “hard
boot[s]” on his face, back, and sides. Deputies hit Nunez
with their fists and jumped on his back. Nunez tried to cover
his head to protect himself, but deputies grabbed his arms and
continued to beat him. “I heard them saying . . . the whole
time I was on the floor, ‘Stop resisting’ until the moment I
came out of the cell.” Nunez testified that this was typical:
“[Y]ou always hear them say, ‘Stop resisting,” and [inmates]
are not even resisting. . . . That’s their justification.”
Deputies tased Nunez repeatedly. “I kept getting tasered, and
I was hoping that I would pass out. But . . . it was like . . . I
would come right back to it with the taser.” “[A]fter the first
tase, I was already out of it, . . . and then he just kept tasing
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