Complaints against EDSO must be refiled

By Carlos Alcala, Sacramento Bee

A federal judge told employees suing the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office this week that they must clean up and refile their legal complaints by the end of the month.

U.S. District Court Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. issued the orders in two lawsuits Monday, giving the plaintiffs 20 days to refile.

The suits were filed last year by then-Deputy Tanya Hunt and three community service officers with the Sheriff’s Office – Nicole Sahaj-Myers, Stacie Walls and Jona Scher.

The women complained that other members of the department had harassed and discriminated against them.

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