Avalos

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

This motion comes before the Court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment, or in the alternative, summary adjudication. After reviewing the materials submitted by the parties and upon hearing oral argument, the Court grants defendants’ motion for summary judgment in its entirety and adopts the following order.

I. BACKGROUND

Juan Avalos (“plaintiff’), as a representative of a putative class, brings this action against Sheriff Leroy Baca, Under-sheriff Larry Waldie, and Lieutenant Shaun Mathers of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department (“defendants”) alleging claims arising out of his 73-day over-detention in a Los Angeles County Jail facility. On June 22, 2004, plaintiff was arrested on an Orange County warrant for domestic abuse. Following his arrest, plaintiff was transported to Men’s Central Jail (“MCJ”). However, the Orange County Sheriffs Department was never notified of plaintiffs arrest or presence in MCJ, and consequently never initiated any procedures to pick him up. The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department (“LASD”) had the responsibility to notify the Orange County Sheriffs Department of plaintiffs arrest and…