SAN DIEGO – A federal judge this week declined a request by county attorneys to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the mother of 29-year-old Abdul Kamara, who died March 4, 2024, hours after being placed in a restraint device at the Vista jail.
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled that the lawsuit, filed last year by Fredrika Nabbie, provides enough evidence to allege that failures by San Diego County sheriff’s deputies led to Kamara’s death.
According to the lawsuit, on March 3, 2024, Carlsbad paramedics responded just after 9 p.m. to a call about a medical emergency at a Carl’s Jr. and found Kamara wandering around a nearby parking lot. His blood pressure was dangerously high – 181/116 – and he asked to be taken to the hospital…