Treyvon L. Daniels et al. v. Lieutenant Deschino et al.

I. INTRODUCTION

18 On June 12, 2023, Plaintiffs Treyvon L. Daniels and Mynor D. Larios brought 19 this action against Defendants for violating constitutional, federal, and state law when 20 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”) deputies deployed tear gas, 21 pepper spray, and pepper balls against Plaintiffs while they were in custody. (Compl., 22 Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiffs now move to substitute three successors in interest to Larios, 23 who is now deceased, as plaintiffs in this action. (Mot. Substitute Successors in 24 Interest (“Motion” or “Mot.”), Dkt. No. 83.) For the reasons discussed below, the 25 Court GRANTS the Motion.1 26

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. II. BACKGROUND2 In the spring of 2022, Plaintiffs were pretrial detainees housed in Unit 711 at 3 the Los Angeles County North County Correctional Facility located in Castaic, 4 California. (Compl. ¶¶ 1, 5–6.) On April 21, 2022, LASD deputies deployed tear gas, 5 pepper spray, and…