Berry v. Baca.U.S. Appeals Court TIMELY RELEASE Berry v. Baca, 379 F.3d 764 (9th Cir. 2004). In three separate actions, arrestees who had been detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: in a county jail for periods ranging from 26 to 29 hours after courts had authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: their release following resolution of their charges, brought [section] 1983 claims against a county sheriff in his official capacity. The district court consolidated the cases and dismissed them. The appeals court reversed and remanded, finding that summary judgment was precluded by fact issues as to whether the application of county policies which resulted in the detentions was unreasonable under the circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or and thus amounted to a policy of deliberate indifference Indifference Antoinette, Marie (1755–1793) queen of France to whom is attributed this statement on the solution to bread famine: “Let them eat cake.” [Fr. Hist. to the arrestees' constitutional rights. The court found that as a matter a law, a county's system of administrative processing of jail inmates could not be immune from allegations that, in practice, it amounts to deliberate indifference. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. ) |
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