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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We have cautioned that courts assessing implied bias
“should hesitate before formulating categories of
relationships which bar jurors from serving in certain types of
trials.” Id. at 772 (quoting Tinsley, 895 F.2d at 527)). For
example, “[w]e will not presume bias merely because a juror
works in law enforcement or is a federal government
employee.” Tinsley, 895 F.2d at 529. Otherwise, our
doctrine of implied bias would not be limited to “extreme
situations,” Fields, 503 F.3d at 770, but would instead extend
to “the summary exclusion for cause of NAACP members
from cases seeking the enforcement of civil rights statutes,
Moral Majority activists from pornography cases, Catholics
from cases involving abortion clinic protests, members of
NOW from sex discrimination cases, and subscribers to
Consumer Reports from cases involving products liability
claims,” Tinsley, 895 F.2d at 528 (quoting United States v.
Salamone, 800 F.2d 1216, 1225 (3d Cir. 1986)).

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