Legal Opinion
Wallace Shah v. County of Los Angeles, Deputy Sheriff W. Corette, Deputy Sheriff Matsumoto
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1986No. 83-6335PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Wallace Shah sued Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriffs Corette and Matsumoto (“the deputies”) and the County of Los Angeles (“County”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly unconstitutional actions committed while Shah was in pretrial detention in the Los Angeles County Jail. Shah alleged that the deputies assaulted and harassed him, denied him medical treatment, and opened his mail without his consent, in violation of his right not to be deprived of liberty without due process of law guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment. 1 Shah further alleged that the deputies’…
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3Cited by119 opinions
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