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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Appellants argue that their use of force was justified by
the appellees’ resistance. In effect, they attack the jury’s
finding that they violated the Eighth Amendment by acting
“maliciously and sadistically.” This argument is meritless.
As noted above, 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 this force was not part of a “good-faith effort to maintain
or restore discipline,” Hudson, 503 U.S. at 7. We therefore
reject appellants’ sufficiency of the evidence challenge to the
jury’s finding of a constitutional violation.

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