Judge Rules on Suit Over Slaying by Deputies
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The family of a man who was shot to death by sheriff’s deputies after they turned a dog on him during a standoff can sue the animal’s handler and other officials, a judge said in a tentative ruling Tuesday.
A Superior Court judge tentatively granted a portion of Los Angeles County’s motion to dismiss the case against several sheriff’s deputies but said claims against four of the deputies’ supervisors can proceed to trial. In a videotaped confrontation, deputies killed Deondre Brunston, 23, of Compton in August 2003.
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