Legal Opinion
Moreno Avalos Cortez Mauricio Robert Avalos Terry Leach Lydia Avalos Guillermo Avalos Kathy Granillo v. County of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 27, 2002No. 00-56781PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this case is whether the actions of a California sheriff are attributable to the county for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Since McMillian v. Monroe County, 520 U.S. 781, 117 S.Ct. 1734, 138 L.Ed.2d 1 (1997), we have had several occasions to address this question and have invariably answered it in the affirmative. Consistent with Streit v. County of Los Angeles, 236 F.3d 552 (9th Cir.2001), we hold that the Los Angeles County Sheriff (“Sheriff’) acts as the final policymaker for the County of Los Angeles (“County”) in establishing and implementing…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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