Legal Opinion
Thomas v. County of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1992No. Nos. 91-56047, 91-56048PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, predominately black and hispanic residents of the City of Lynwood, California, brought this section 1983 class action alleging that deputy sheriffs at the Lynwood station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were mistreating minority citizens. The complaint, filed against the County of Los Angeles, the *506City of Lynwood, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, supervisory personnel within the Sheriffs Department, and individual Sheriffs deputies, includes allegations of unlawful detentions and searches, beatings, shootings, terrorist…
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