Opinion ID: 1194191
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Summary judgment on equal protection claims.

Text: On November 2, 2004, the district court granted Orange County's motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs' equal protection claim in Pierce. The court reasoned that disabled detainees were required to show that they were treated differently than other similarly situated prisoners, and had not satisfied the summary judgment standard for doing so. In the same order, the district court also held that plaintiffs' requests in Pierce for injunctive relief for non-ADA-related claims (to redress issues of mealtimes; holding cell conditions; and access to religious services, the day room, and exercise) were moot, in light of the then-existing injunctions in Stewart. In short, the court ruled that the question of injunctive relief for the non-ADA claims in Pierce would be addressed under the consolidated Stewart caption. The court held that declaratory relief remained available.