Clemmons v. City of Long Beach

MEMORANDUM*

The County of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department (col*488lectively, the Sheriff) appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment based upon their claim of governmental immunity under California law. We reverse and remand.

Jerome Leslie Clemmons brought this action1 against the Sheriff after Clemmons had been held in jail from June 28, 2004 to July 19, 2004, upon an order of the Superi- or Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles.(1) At the threshold, Clemmons argues that we do not have jurisdiction to hear the…