Judges and Judiciary
Sep. 26, 2023
LA judge wont remove ACLU from deputy gangs case
“The court is unable to decipher what interests will be injured … assuming there was a cognizable injury, the motion is nevertheless not supported by any legal basis,” LA Superior Court Judge Serena R. Murillo wrote in a tentative ruling Monday.
A judge tentatively denied Monday a motion by sheriff’s deputies to remove two ACLU attorneys as co-plaintiffs’ counsel because of a conflict of interest in a lawsuit against the county regarding claims about deputy gangs.
Melanie P. Ochoa and Tiffany M. Bailey, the two ACLU of Southern California staff attorneys, were accused by their co-counsel, Vincent Miller in Encino, of allowing “backroom negotiations” to occur when another ACLU attor...
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