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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It is not clear from the record before us that appellant
Cruz directly observed Nunez’s and Rodriguez’s extractions.
Assuming without deciding that Cruz did not observe these
extractions, the jury could still have reasonably found the
“requisite causal connection” to hold Cruz liable for his “own
culpable action or inaction in the training, supervision, or
control of his subordinates.” Starr, 652 F.3d at 1207–08
(citations omitted). The jury could have concluded from
evidence in the record, including Olmstead’s testimony, that
Cruz knowingly participated in creating and maintaining a
culture of impunity for officers’ use of unconstitutionally
excessive force, thereby “setting in motion a series of acts
by” his subordinates that Cruz “knew or reasonably should
have known would cause” the violations of appellees’ Eighth
Amendment rights. Id. (citations omitted). The jury could
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