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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
(con’t)
entitled “Denial of medical care to those in
Ms. Sarmiento’s work has resulted in the
following published opinions: custody: Post-arrest and pre-trial claims against
• Macias v. City of Los Angeles, 144 Cal.App individual government officials under 42 U.S.C.
4 313 (Macias I) § 1983.”
th
• Blankenhorn v. City of Orange, 485 F.3d 463 Ms. Sarmiento has lent her talent and expertise
• Cotton ex. Rel. McClure v. City of Eureka, to MABA by serving on MABA’s Civil Rights
860 F.Supp.2d 999 (2012) Committee. In 2020, Ms. Sarmiento was a
• Hirschfield v. San Diego Unified Port District panelist for MABA’s “Strategies for Advancing
2009 WL3248101 (S.D. Cal.). & Reforming Civil Rights” MCLE event and
assisted with MABA’s advocacy with the Los
She has also obtained numerous multimillion Angeles Chief of Police by assisting with the
dollar verdicts and settlements for victims of drafting of a letter to Police Chief Moore and
police misconduct and in-custody injuries. providing guidance to MABA’s President-Elect
in preparing MABA’s presentation for the
In February of 2021, Ms. Sarmiento published Community Forum on Police Reform
an article in The Advocate, the Journal of Commission Advisory Committee on Building
Consumer Attorneys Associations for Trust and Equity Board of Police
Southern California, Commissioners.
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