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ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [79]

Before the Court is Defendant County of Los Angeles, Leroy Baca, Deputy Jacqueline Ortiz, and Deputy Aejandra Avalos’s (“Defendants”) Motion for Summary Judgment, or, in the Alternative, for Summary Adjudication of Issues (“Motion”) (Dkt. 79). Oral arguments were held in this matter on April 3, 2015. The Court requested additional briefing on April 6, 2015. After considering the papers and arguments raised by the parties, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ Motion.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises from the alleged mistreatment of Plaintiff Lecia Shorter, while incarcerated for a 32-day period as a pretrial detainee. While in the County’s custody, Shorter alleges that Defendants denied her needed medical care, subjected her to unsanitary living conditions, deprived her of food, clean clothes, and access to exercise, and conducted overly invasive searches. Shorter further contends that she was misclassified as mentally ill and denied access to her attorney. Plaintiff raises claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 premised on violations of the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth…