Legal Opinion
Joaquin v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 23, 2012No. B226685PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SUZUKAWA, J.
INTRODUCTION
This case has a somewhat tortuous procedural history. Plaintiff Richard Joaquin, a Los Angeles Police Department officer, complained of sexual *1210harassment by Sergeant James Sands in 2005. The department investigated and found Joaquin’s complaint unfounded. Sands then pursued a complaint against Joaquin for filing a spurious sexual harassment charge. Internal affairs investigated Sands’s complaint, agreed that Joaquin’s charge was without foundation, and recommended that the matter be adjudicated by a board of rights. The board of rights found Joaquin’s charge to…
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