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Family Law Keyed to Weisberg
Fajardo v. County of Los Angeles
Facts
Maria Navarro received a telephone call from the brother of her estranged husband, Raymond Navarro, warning her that he was on his way to her house to kill her and anyone else present. She called 911 and requested emergency assistance, informing the dispatcher about the warning, that she believed the warning, and that Raymond was under a restraining order. Upon learning that he had not yet arrived, the dispatcher informed her that she would have to call back if he arrived. Fifteen minutes later Raymond entered through the rear of the house and killed Maria and four other people, injuring two others. The Navarros claim that the County carried out a policy and practice of not treating 911 requests for assistance relating to domestic violence as emergency calls. The dispatcher testified that it was the practice of the Sheriff’s Department not to classify domestic violence 911 calls as Code 2 or emergency procedure calls. The Navarros sued Defendants under 42 U.S.C Section: 1983 fo r allegedly giving lower priority to domestic-violence 911 calls than two non-domestic-violence 911 calls.
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