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RIVERA v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 11-57037.

745 F.3d 384 (2014)

Santiago Ibarra RIVERA, individually and as class representative, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; County of San Bernardino; San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Cook, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the plaintiff-appellant. With him on the briefs was Robert Mann, Los Angeles, CA.

Scott E. Caron, Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, P.C., Glendale, CA, argued the cause and filed the brief for the County of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. With him on the brief was Michael D. Allen, Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, P.C., Glendale, CA.

James H. Thebeau, Deputy County Counsel, San Bernardino, CA, argued the cause and filed the brief for the County of San Bernardino and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must deal with a case of mistaken identity arising out of the arrest and detention of a person named on a warrant not intended to describe him.

I

A

In July 1985, a Los Angeles Superior Court issued an arrest warrant for "Santiago Rivera." On June 18, 1989, officers of the Montclair Police Department arrested Santiago Rivera, the plaintiff in this case, on the 1985 warrant. Fingerprint analysis...

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