Aguilera v. Baca

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

WILSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This ease arose out of a complaint by a civilian that a deputy sheriff had assaulted him. An internal police investigation ensued in which Plaintiffs, deputies in the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, were asked or ordered to remain at work for questioning after their shifts had ended. After brief questioning by a member of the Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau, each deputy invoked his or her Fifth Amendment rights. Plaintiffs were subsequently taken off field duty and then reassigned to…