Zulmai Nazarzai v. County of Orange

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SOUTHERN DIVISION – SANTA ANA

ZULMAI NAZARZAI,

Case No. SACV 17-1884 AG (AGRx) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. MEMOMORANDUM OF DECISION WITH FINDINGS OF FACT AND COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

16 Defendants.

28 Whenever the Government reaches its strong arm down to put someone in jail, important

issues are always raised. Especially when it’s done without a jury for a failure to pay money.

For nearly six years. In a case where a public defender would have been helpful from the

start, but was not originally provided.

Plaintiff Zulmai Nazarzai seeks damages for his nearly six-year civi l contempt imprisonment

ordered by a state court judge for the failure to pay $360,540. He also seeks damages for

religious discrimination.

After a five day bench trial, the Court considered providing its Findings of Fact and

Conclusions Law orally and immediately. Instead, the Court concluded that…