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4284 REVIEW DENIED In controlling the assignment of inmates in the county jail for the purpose (vel non) of preventing disturbances, the Sheriff acts as a state officer performing state law enforcement duties, rather than as a county policymaker, and so is immune from liability under the federal Civil Rights Act (42 USC 1983).CitationBOUGERE v COUNTY OF LA (Inmate Assault) 141 CA4 237 [See: 42 USC 1983; CivC 52.1; Venegas v County of LA 32 C4 820, T/AT 5/04; Streit v County 236 F3 552; Cortez v County 294 F3 1186]
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