Leandry

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff-Appellant Edward Leandry appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees. As the facts and procedural history are familiar to the parties, we do not recite them here except as necessary to explain our decision. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

The County of Los Angeles cannot be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the acts of its employees, so it could only be liable to Leandry if it had a policy or custom that resulted in the injury that he is alleging. See Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 694 , 98 S.Ct. 2018 , 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978). Recently, Leandry was a class member in Potras v. County of Los Angeles, in which the plaintiffs alleged that Los Angeles County had an unconstitutional pattern or practice of deliberate indifference to inmates’ serious medical needs. No. 04-cv-1229, 2006 WL 4941837 (C.D.Cal. Oct.31, 2006). The defendants’ motion for summary judgment was granted in that case, thereby precluding Lean-dry from making the same claims against the County in the present case. Blonder-Tongue Labs., Inc. v. Univ. of Ill. Found., 402 U.S. 313, 323-24 , 91 S.Ct. 1434 , 28…