LOS ANGELES — The Law Offices of Jarrett Adams on Monday announced a lawsuit on behalf of East Los Angeles resident Humberto “Beto” Duran, who spent nearly three decades wrongfully incarcerated.
The lawsuit, filed by Adams along with attorney Megan Denkers Baca, founder of the California Innocence Advocates, names the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the County of Los Angeles, and defendants Daniel Batanero, Robert Perry and Ruben Bejarano.
“The federal civil rights action filed with the Central District of California Western Division has been taken to obtain compensatory damages, costs and attorney fees for the fabrication of inculpatory evidence, the suppression of exculpatory evidence, and the wrongful conviction of Duran, resulting in the now 51-year-old being held in custody in violation of his constitutional rights for nearly three decades,” the press release stated…