Sergio Morales v. City of North Las Vegas
Sergio Morales v. City of North Las Vegas
Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Sergio Hugo Morales-Paredes appeals from the judgment in favor of all defendants in this action arising out of the murder of his son, Sergio, while he was in the pretrial custody of the North Las Vegas Detention Center.
We affirm the judgment in favor of the City of North Las Vegas. There is no evidence that there was any policy or practice of placing pretrial detainees in dangerous situations. See Monell v. Dep’t of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 690-97, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978). A single instance is not sufficient. City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, 471 U.S. 808, 823, 105 S.Ct. 2427, 85 L.Ed.2d 791 (1985); see also Gant v. Cty. of Los Angeles, 772 F.3d 608, 618 (9th Cir. 2014).
When the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the individual defendants, it did not have the benefit of our recent'en banc decision in Castro v. County of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d 1060 (9th Cir. 2016) (en banc). That decision altered the analytical framework applicable to pretrial detainees’ claims. We therefore vacate the judgment in favor of the individual defendants and remand for reconsideration in light of Castro.
Each party shall bear its own costs.
AFFIRMED in part, VACATED in part and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
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