The ruling means the allegations lodged by disabled people who have spent time in the county's jails will now also apply to thousands of other incarcerated people, too
What began as a federal lawsuit accusing the San Diego Sheriff’s Department of discriminating against a dozen or more people in county jail with various disabilities has expanded into a case that now involves thousands of current and future detainees. Judge Anthony Battaglia has granted a motion to certify the complaint initially filed in early 2022 as a class-action lawsuit.
The case was filed in February 2022, days after a state audit sharply criticized the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department for maintaining a jail system whose mortality rate was for years the highest among California's largest counties. Attorneys for the plaintiffs said the county was violating rights of other people, and the initial claim should be certified as a class-action case so that any judgments would apply to all people in custody now or in the future.
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