Moreno Avalos Cortez Mauricio Robert Avalos Terry Leach Lydia Avalos Guillermo Avalos Kathy Granillo v. County of Los Angeles

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• “To determine whether the Sheriff was acting as the final policymaker for the County, we follow the analytical framework set forth in McMillian.”
• appellate 1 court exercised jurisdiction over interlocutory appeal from district court’s denial of 2 Eleventh Amendment immunity in a § 1983 action
• for a public official to be liable in his official capacity, a plaintiff must show injuries resulting from a policy, practice, or 28 custom of the governmental entity for which that individual exercises final policy-making authority
• “[T]he determination of § 1983 liability is governed by federal law.”
• “One of the requisite elements for stating a claim under [Section] 1983 is that the violation was committed by a ‘person’ acting under color of state law.” (quoting Will v. Mich. Dep’t of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 71 (1989))

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