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... ↗

Full Text

610 chars

The facts in Bender are remarkably similar to the facts in
the case before us. Plaintiff Bender was an African-American
apartment manager who had questioned two sheriff’s deputies
when they arrested two African-American tenants of the
apartment. Bender, 217 Cal. App. 4th at 972. As in the case
before us, the defendants in Bender were deputies employed
by the LASD. Id. at 971. The deputies beat the plaintiff until
he was unconscious. Id. at 973. Most strikingly, deputies
yelled “stop fighting” as they were beating Bender even
though he was not fighting or resisting. Id. at 975. The Court of Appeal wrote:

Other Sections in This Document (185)

Full Text