Civil Rights
Apr. 10, 2010
L.A. County Sued Over Cuffing
A public defender who was handcuffed by a sheriff's deputy in her Downey office and forcibly taken to a courtroom to represent a defendant at a hearing has filed a $1.25 million claim against Los Angeles County.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A public defender who was handcuffed by a deputy sheriff in her Downey office and forcibly taken to a courtroom to represent a defendant at a hearing has filed a $1.25 million claim against Los Angeles County.
Florentina Demuth, 40, who is assigned to the Los Padrinos Juvenile Court, suffered shoulder and wrist injuries after she spent nearly 25 minutes handcuf...
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