LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Suit by Slain Rancher’s Family Is Dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed the latest version of a civil rights lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Los Angeles County sheriff by the estate of Donald Scott, the Ventura County millionaire who was shot to death in a drug raid at his ranch near Malibu last fall.
U.S. District Judge Dickran Tevrizian dismissed the second amended complaint in the Scott estate’s suit without prejudice, a court clerk said, meaning the plaintiffs can file a third amended complaint.
Attorneys for the DEA and county had argued that the suit failed to state facts supporting its claims.
The suit alleged that agents conspired to violate Scott’s civil rights and take his $5-million ranch in the raid.
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