Gant v. County of Los Angeles

MEMORANDUM & ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

GARY ALLEN FEESS, District Judge.

I

INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs Kelvin Gant (“Gant”), Reginald Lenard Smith (“Smith”), and Jose Alexander Ventura (‘Ventura”) filed this putative class action against the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department, the City of Chino, the Chino Police Department, the County of San Bernardino, the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department, the City of Torrance, the Torrance Police Department, and Torrance…