Lawsuit by Man Incarcerated Six Years for Civil Contempt Gets Postponed

[TexasTowelie]

A man jailed for six years solely on a civil contempt charge will have to wait longer for a federal jury to hear his $25 million constitutional rights lawsuit against the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD).

With the agreement of both parties, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J. Guilford has moved Zulmai Nazarzai’s scheduled November trial to April 30, 2019, inside the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana.

Nazarzai’s 2017 lawsuit alleges that by incarcerating him for 71 months Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Deputy Ben Garcia of jailhouse snitch scandal infamy and OCSD violated California’s penal code limiting detentions for civil contempt violations to no more than one year.

According to Nazarzai, Garcia threatened to change his jailhouse wrist band from white to blue—which is worn by accused pedophiles, snitches and sex offenders—if he continued to complain about his treatment.

Read more: https://www.ocweekly.com/lawsuit-by-man-incarcerated-six-years-for-civil-contempt-gets-postponed/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Wow. Punitive wristbands. Seems that he has a case. Needs Oxford comma.

As written it is confusing:

Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Deputy Ben Garcia of jailhouse snitch scandal infamy and OCSD violated California’s penal code

should be

Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Deputy Ben Garcia of jailhouse snitch scandal infamy, and OCSD violated California’s penal code

to make it clear that the OCSD is a separate defendant and not merely incidental to Garcia.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Agreed to the Oxford comma and the merits of the lawsuit.

I don't know anything about California tort law so I don't know if the damages will be limited with various caps on non-economic and punitive damages.