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Government,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law

Apr. 23, 2018

Did ruling sound the death knell for gang injunctions?

Earlier this year, the federal court in Los Angeles entered an order which had the effect of blocking the city from enforcing approximately 46 gang injunctions against some 1,500 suspected gang members.

Daniel S. Roberts

Partner
Cota & Huber LLP

Phone: (909) 230-4209

Email: droberts@colehuber.com

USC Law School; Los Angeles CA

Dan Roberts is the managing partner of the firm's Southern California office in Ontario. He focusses his practice on municipal litigation, including police-liability matters.

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Did ruling sound the death knell for gang injunctions?
Downtown Los Angeles, Aug. 26, 2017. On March 15, 2018, the federal court in Los Angeles entered an order that had the effect of blocking the city from enforcing approximately 46 gang injunctions against some 1,500 suspected gang members. (New York Times News Service)

MUNICIPAL MATTERS

On March 15, the federal court in Los Angeles entered an order in Youth Justice Coalition v. City of Los Angeles [ruling attached below] expanding a preliminary injunction to protect also members of the newly certified class members. The case gathered substantial media attention because of the subject matter of the injunction being extended -- it had the effect of blocking the city from enfo...

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