478 F. Supp. 2d 1171 - Mortimer v. Baca’s Empirical Analysis
2007
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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Mapp v. Ohio · Terrell v. Brewer
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“supervisor’s report” listing the cause of the over-detention and the remedial steps taken as well as an internal memorandum from counsel with a settlement recommendation. Though this evidence does not indicate the reasonableness of each over-detention, it does give the Court a rough idea of the potential for unreasonable over-detentions by the LASD. 3 . Plaintiff claims that this number is actually 461, but this is a miscalculation, and the total number of settled claims is actually 459. (See Pl.’s Exs. 1-6.) 4 . Mortimer was a class action in which the plaintiff represented”
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