Larez v. City Of Los Angeles

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• presuming that defendant is sued in both capacities if complaint is silent
• specifying individual capacity claims for the first time in response to motion to dismiss was early enough to be given weight
• finding municipal liability based on a ratification theory, where 1 evidence showed obviously deficient internal police investigations
• excluding sufficiently trustworthy newspaper articles as not “best evidence” where the defendant who was quoted in the newspapers testified
• finding evidence of policy or custom where investigation 2 contained obvious “holes and inconsistencies” and where two-year study showed review process 3 rarely resulted in officer discipline
• policy, custom, or 17 practice of excessive force and the plaintiff suffered an unreasonable search executed through 18 excessive force

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