Maryam Mnasakanyan v. County of Los Angeles

I. BACKGROUND

2 Plaintiff Maryam Mnasakanyan (“Plaintiff”) brings this action against the County 3 of Los Angeles (“County”), the City of Los Angeles (“City”), and other individuals 4 following the April 1, 2018 suicide of Plaintiff’s husband, Albert Harutyunyan, aka 5 Albert Tersargyan (“Decedent”), while an inmate at Men’s Central Jail (“MCJ”). (See Dkt. 6 13, First Amend. Compl. ¶¶ 5-16 (“FAC”); Dkt. 44-4, Shepherd Decl. ¶ 2.) Decedent was 7 in the custody of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department from approximately April 8 of 2010 until his death. (See Dkt. 43-4, Guy Decl. ¶ 3; Dkt. 44-4, Shepherd Decl. ¶ 2.) At 9 10 the time of his death, Decedent was on trial for four murders—Decedent was 81 years 11 old. (Dkt. 44-4, Shepherd Decl. ¶ 2.) 12 A portion of Decedent’s relevant mental health treatment prior to his death was as 13 follows: In April of 2010, Decedent had an initial mental health evaluation in which he 14 denied suicidal ideation, denied a history of suicide attempt, and did not appear manic 15 psychotic or depressed. (Dkt. 43-4, Guy Decl. ¶¶ 3, 7, 11.) From January 2017 to March 16 2018, Decedent was treated on numerous occasions for the…