Vol. 29, No. 17 Supreme Court Denies Review on California Prison Case

U.S. SUPREME COURT DENIES REVIEW ON CALIFORNIA PRISON CASE On June 9, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court denied California’s petition for review of the decision in Armstrong v. Brown, which had held that California’s prison officials failed to monitor and protect former inmates who were returned to county jails instead of state prisons for parole […]

Vol. 29 No. 6 – CCW PERMITS, THE NINTH CIRCUIT RULING, AND CONFUSION

CCW PERMITS, THE NINTH CIRCUIT RULING, AND CONFUSION On February 13, 2014, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, in the case of Peruta, et al. v. County of San Diego and William D. Gore, Sheriff, ruled 2 -1 that “San Diego County’s ‘good cause’ permitting requirement [to issue a […]

Vol. 29 No. 3 – OC Ordinance Restricting Sex Offenders From Entering Parks Preempted by State law

ORDINANCES RESTRICTING SEX OFFENDERS FROM ENTERING PARKS ARE PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW On January 10, 2014, the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division Three, ruledunanimously, in an unpublished opinion, People v. Godinez, that California’s “statutory scheme imposing restrictions on a sex offender’s daily life fully occupies the field and therefore preempts [Orange] county’s efforts to […]

Vol. 28 No. 28 – Negligent Supervisions, Chief Executives, and Personal Liability

NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION, CHIEF EXECUTIVES, AND PERSONAL LIABILITY On November 20, 2013 it was reported that Los Angeles County settled a negligent supervision lawsuit, brought by a former county jail inmate, in the amount of $722,000.  The inmate, Dion Starr, alleged that Sheriff Leroy Baca showed “deliberate indifference” to dangerous conditions in the county jail, resulting […]