DEAD INMATE'S FAMILY SEEKING $12 MILLION.Byline: Eugene Tong Staff Writer CASTAIC - The family of an inmate at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action , negligence, battery and other allegations. The relatives of Jerry John Moreno, 33, are suing Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. , two sheriff's detectives and 10 others in U.S. District Court in a 19-count civil complaint filed earlier this month. Deputies said Moreno was on drugs and out of control, but according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the lawsuit, he may have suffered an episode of mental illness. Deputies controlled him by hogtying the inmate and shooting him with a Taser gun multiple times. The suit also alleges someone attempted to plant drugs on his body. Moreno was lying face-down with a blanket wrapped around his head when he arrived at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The four plaintiffs, including the victim's mother, Eva Moreno, seek compensatory and punitive damages Monetary compensation awarded to an injured party that goes beyond that which is necessary to compensate the individual for losses and that is intended to punish the wrongdoer. and attorneys' fees. In July, the family filed two wrongful-death claims totaling $12 million against the Sheriff's Department. Those claims were rejected. Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for Baca, said only half the story has been told. ``We look forward to telling what we believe will be the whole story,'' he said Thursday. ``Deputies only take extraordinary measures ... when they have no other choice available to them. The individual was extraordinarily combative.'' Los Angeles prosecutors said this week that the sheriff's employees who are under investigation for the incident acted lawfully and will not face criminal charges. In a letter explaining why charges would not be filed, Deputy District Attorney Christina Fleming Buckley wrote that Moreno lost control while under the influence of drugs, hitting another inmate and biting several deputies trying to subdue sub·due tr.v. sub·dued, sub·du·ing, sub·dues 1. To conquer and subjugate; vanquish. See Synonyms at defeat. 2. To quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make tractable. 3. him. Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com |
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