Legal Opinion

Jonathon Castro v. County of Los Angeles

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 15, 2016No. 12-56829PublishedCited by 2,219 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Partial Dissent by Judge CALLAHAN; Dissent by Judge IKUTA

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department' (“LASD”) detained Jonathan Castro, in a sobering cell in the West Hollywood police station. Several hours later, authorities placed Jonathan Gonzalez, a combative inmate who had been arrested on a felony charge, in the same cell. Castro banged on the cell’s window to try to. attract attention. Officials at the jail ignored. Castro’s attempts to seek help. The County of Los Angeles and the LASD had not equipped the cell with audio monitoring, and the cell was checked only…

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