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· 9/21/1989

Josefina Cabrales v. County of Los Angeles Ronald Black, Josefina Cabrales, Cross-Appellant v. County of Los Angeles Ronald Black, Cross-Appellees

Citations

  • 886 F.2d 235
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 14048

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  • finding deliberate indifference because the same jailers had rescued decedent from a previous suicide attempt
  • finding deliberate indifference because the same jailers had rescued decedent from a previous suicide attempt
  • “[A]cts of 24 omission, as well as commission, may constitute the predicate for a finding of 25 liability under section 1983.”
  • “Mathematically, it is inconsequential whether the lodestar figure itself is adjusted for lack of success or whether the reasonable hours component of the lodestar is adjusted for lack of success. What matters is that the district court did not ‘count’ for lack of success twice.”

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Judges: Farris, Wiggins, Crocker

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