Legal Opinion
S. Thomas v. County of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 19, 2017No. 14-56183 15-55418UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Steven Thomas and Eric Gipson, both former inmates at the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail (the “County jail”), filed this putative class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against now-retired Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca and six former members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in both their official and individual capacities. The plaintiffs allege that at various times between December 2002 and May 2005, the putative class members were forced to sleep on mattresses placed on the floor while in custody at the County jail. They allege that this…
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