A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy may be held liable for arresting a public defender for failing to immediately obey a judge’s summons to her courtroom, a federal appeals court decided Friday. In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Deputy Wai Chiu R. Li could not reasonably have believed that he had the right to handcuff and “forcibly” bring Deputy Public Defender Florentina Demuth to a Downey courtroom where a judge wanted her present. 50 accused of human rights crimes abroad are arrested in U.S. Sarah Parvini Federal agents have arrested 50 fugitives in cities across the United States -- including Los Angeles -- who are suspected of...
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