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Monday, October 12, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Wrongful Death

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The family of a deceased homeless man is suing Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies and the county itself in a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed Thursday, claiming the deputies shot and killed the decedent after he had been tackled to the ground and restrained.

Read the complaint here.

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