Legal Opinion
Castillo v. County of Los Angeles
District Court, C.D. California
Decided July 31, 2013No. Case No. 2:12-cv-02760 ODW (JEMx)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [56]
OTIS D. WRIGHT II, District Judge.
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life ... How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”
—Arthur Miller, The Crucible
This case is about the reputational value of an individual’s name, and to what extent an individual has a right to request a hearing to contest governmentally imposed blemishes against his name. Plaintiff Rene Castillo contends that the County of Los Angeles violated his constitutional rights by including him in a California statewide…
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