No. 21-1022

Daniel Garza v. City of Los Angeles, California

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights constructive-notice due-process monell monell-doctrine municipal-liability policy-maker ratification unconstitutional-conduct
Latest Conference: 2022-03-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) May a municipality be held liable for ratification, under Monell v. Department of Social Services, when the final policy maker has constructive notice of a subordinate's unconstitutional conduct, deliberately takes no action, and affirms the conduct?

2) Can a jury be deprived of directly relevant evidence of ratification in the form of a letter, with the Chief of Police's letterhead, affirming the unconstitutional conduct as "justified, lawful, and proper"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a municipality be held liable for ratification under Monell v. Department of Social Services

Docket Entries

2022-03-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2021-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Daniel Garza
Paul Lindsey HoffmanSchonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LL P, Petitioner