Truong

Truong v. Orange County Sheriff's Department

Bad Law
129 Cal. App. 4th 1423·2005 Cal. App. LEXIS 910·2005 Daily Journal DAR 6674·29 Cal. Rptr. 3d 450·2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4875
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 10, 2005G034294California2,228 words

Opinion

Opinion

Moore, J.

Hong Cuc Truong appeals from a judgment on the pleadings entered in favor of respondents in this civil rights case. The respondents argue that Truong’s claims are barred because the claims call into question the validity of her conviction for interfering with the exercise of duty by law enforcement officers. We agree with the respondents that Tmong’s claims are barred and affirm the judgment.

I

FACTS

On May 10, 2002, Truong was arrested and booked into the Orange County jail on a shoplifting charge. During booking, she was taken to the shower room and ordered to disrobe and take a shower with the other inmates. According to Truong’s second amended complaint, “Initially, the Plaintiff balked at disrobing in front of other inmates or deputies, but was then ordered by one or more deputies to disrobe and shower. She was then confronted by at least four deputies who stood in line in front of her in a threatening manner, with one other deputy supervising the others. She then tried to comply and commenced to disrobe by removing her sweater. As she had her sweater up around her neck and [was] removing her arms out of the sleeves, four or more deputies pounced upon her and…

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