Mkrtchyan Law

08/17/2025

https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/386762-courtroom-to-community-a-civil-rights-attorney-s-lifelong-call-to-serve

The Daily Journal has more journalists covering the California legal profession than any other publication.

07/19/2025

https://intlsolidarity.blogspot.com/

Peace on Earth demands universal commitment to the rule of law and justice

06/27/2025

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-02/ninth-circuit-toni-mcbride-ruling?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLLy3FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjf5nx_cHwmMewwLZP7YEmMjno-FihV7BcaZUv_VlDAVP4fl_3NXZHBII8_m_aem_fgd2oU8Qyac2QaRfEK1HSg

A federal appeals court reversed a prior ruling that shielded a Los Angeles police officer from being sued for a fatal shooting, a decision that could have broad implications for future cases that involve the legal doctrine known as qualified immunity.

05/26/2025

Justice prevailed in the case of the homeless veteran who had insurmountable obstacles to prove his civil rights case for excessive force against the Orange County Sheriff’s Department! After long delays in court his voice was finally heard and the federal jury awarded him damages for his injuries! Holloway v. Orange County 19-01514. Happy Memorial Day!

09/27/2024

https://youtu.be/wjhRl1nUDRs?si=JYNjsjcgJubxbOst

See the latest oral argument at the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in our case of Estate of Daniel Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. related to significant issues of the qualified immunity application to the actions of police officers in violation of civil rights.

09/02/2024

https://lbpost.com/news/long-beach-must-rehire-fired-police-officers-lying-dedier-reyes-salcedo/

Commissioners decided there was not enough evidence to dismiss them. An attorney for one officer alleged the firings were politically motivated.

07/15/2024

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/court-could-rethink-legal-immunity-lapd-deadly-shooting/3458312/

A larger panel of justices will now consider whether an LAPD officer has qualified immunity in her killing of a man holding a box-cutter in South LA.

03/22/2024

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-22/excessive-force-qualified-immunity-lapd-officer-toni-mcbride-shooting-ruling

A federal appellate court ruled the legal doctrine of qualified immunity protects officer Toni McBride in the fatal 2020 shooting of Daniel Hernandez.

04/26/2023

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-25/family-sues-lasd-after-they-restrained-kids

A San Gabriel family claims Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies entered their home and restrained their kids with no cause.

04/22/2023

04/21/2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11992297/LA-Sheriffs-deputies-wrongfully-arrested-children-home-kids-mother-says.html

My client Ceidy Cordova relates the terror she and her teenage kids experienced at the hands of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies.

A mom says her teenagers were wrongfully detained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office inside their own home after deputies entered following reports of fighting inside the house.