Rafael Sandoval v. County of Sonoma
Opinion
Opinion
ORDER
The memorandum filed on February 17, 2015, is hereby amended. An amended memorandum is filed concurrently -with this order.
With these amendments, the panel has voted to deny the petition for panel rehearing.
The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. Fed. R.App. P. 35.
The petition for panel rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc are DENIED. No further petitions for en banc or panel rehearing shall be permitted.
AMENDED MEMORANDUM
The County of Sonoma, the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office, and Sonoma Coun ty Sheriff-Coroner Steve Freitas appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss this 42 U.S.C. § 1988 suit. We have jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine. P.R. Aqueduct & Sewer Auth. v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., 506 U.S. 139, 141 , 113 S.Ct. 684 , 121 L.Ed.2d 605 (1993). On de novo review, Brown v. Cal. Dep’t of Corr., 554 F.3d 747, 749 (9th Cir.2009), we affirm.
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