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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A local government is liable for an injury under § 1983
under three possible theories. See Clouthier v. County of
Contra Costa, 591 F.3d 1232, 1249 (9th Cir. 2010), overruled
on other grounds by Castro, 833 F.3d 1060. First, a local
government may be liable if “execution of a government’s
policy or custom, whether made by its lawmakers or by those
whose edicts or acts may fairly be said to represent official
policy, inflict[ed] the injury.” Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs.
of City of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 694 (1978). Second, a
local government can fail to train employees in a manner that
amounts to “deliberate indifference” to a constitutional right,
such that “the need for more or different training is so
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