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Daniel Garza v. City of Los Angeles, California
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-55952 · judgment July 26, 2021
Before the decision, about 2.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Questions presented
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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?
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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”?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Paul Lindsey Hoffman
Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LL P
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 28, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 28 2022Petition DENIED.
- Mar 09 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
- Dec 06 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 22, 2022)