Vasquez v. Los Angeles ("LA") County

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Ernesto R. Vasquez appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Vasquez alleges that Defendants, the County of Los Angeles (“LA County”) and the members of the LA County Board of Supervisors, violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by removing the image of a cross from the county’s official seal. Specifically, Vasquez alleges that Defendants’ removal of the cross from the seal conveyed a state-sponsored message of hostility toward…