Civil Rights

Defended a LAPD Officer in roughly 25 civil suits involving the “Rampart Scandal” which resulted in hundreds of civil rights Section 1983 cases involving falsely convicted and imprisoned gang members.

An African-American lesbian was involved in an alleged assault and battery on board (and off) a public bus in central Los Angeles. When she boarded the bus, the bus operator was to have discriminated against her with both his behavior and his language in failing to treat her appropriately and protect her because of her sexual orientation and race. As she remained on board, the bus operator further failed to protect her from a patron who harassed her, attacked her, threw her off the bus, and then assaulted her on the sidewalk causing severe injuries. She alleged violations of her civil rights, including leaving her injured and taking off with her toddler still on board the bus.

A man, convicted of murdering his wife, was incarcerated in State prison. While in prison, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Over a number of years during his various appeals and habeas pleas, he was transferred and housed in a County jail facility for various lengths of time. He was treated for his cancer on and off over 5 years at the County jail and by contracted hospitals and medical groups to provide special medical services that the County medical staff was not able to provide. He then sued the County for violations of his civil rights for failing to treat, diagnose and provide reasonable and necessary medical care.