Navarro

Plaintiffs-Appellants Denise Navarro and other relatives of decedent Maria Navarro (collectively “the Navarros”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Los Angeles County and the Sheriff of Los Angeles County. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , the Navarros sued the County for its allegedly discriminatory policy and custom of according lower priority to 911 calls related to domestic violence than to non-domestic violence calls. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm in part, and reverse and remand in part.

FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

At 10:30 p.m. on August 27, 1989, Maria Navarro was celebrating her birthday with her relatives and friends in her home in East Los Angeles when she received a telephone call from the brother of her estranged husband, Raymond Navarro, warning her that Raymond was on his way to her house to kill her and any others present.

Maria immediately dialed 911 to request emergency assistance. She told the 911 dispatcher that she had just received a warning that her estranged husband was on his way to kill her, that she believed that he was in fact on his way to kill her, and that he was under a restraining order.…