A.R.L. v. City of Fullerton

United States District Court for the Central District of California

A.R.L. v. City of Fullerton

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 JS -6 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No. 8:21-CV-00929-FWS-JDE 11 A.R.L.,

12 Plaintiff,

13 v. JUDGMENT 14 CITY OF FULLERTON, et al., 15

16 Defendants. 17

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25 26 27 28 I The court held oral argument on the Motion for Summary Judgment (“Motion’’) 2 || filed by Defendants City of Fullerton, Matthew Green, and Rene Valdes (collectively, 3 | “Defendants”) on April 13, 2023, and thereafter took the Motion under submission. 4 | (Dkt. 59.) After full consideration of the papers, evidence, oral argument, and 5 | authorities submitted by the parties, as well as the briefs and any other relevant 6 | information in the court’s files and/or filed with the court in connection with the 7 | Motion, the court issued an order GRANTING summary judgment for Defendants on 8 | each of Plaintiff A.R.L.’s (‘Plaintiff’) claims for excessive force under 42 U.S.C. 9 | § 1983; unconstitutional policy, practice, or custom under Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. 10 | Servs.,

436 U.S. 658, 694

(1978); violation of due process under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

; 11 | violation of California Civil Code § 52.1; battery; and negligence. (Dkt. 60.) 12 | Accordingly, the court finds that Defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of 13 | law on all causes of action and claims asserted against them in this action. The court 14 | has considered Defendants’ Proposed Judgment (Dkt. 61) and has not received any 15 | objections by Plaintiff to Defendants’ Proposed Judgment. (See generally Dkt.) 16 In accordance with the court’s summary judgment Order (Dkt. 60): 17 18 1. Final Judgment is entered in favor of Defendants and against Plaintiff on all 19 claims asserted by Plaintiff against Defendants. 20 21 2. Any motion or application for costs made by Defendants must be filed in 22 compliance with L. R. 54-2, et seq. 23 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 La L/S /—— 26 | Dated: August 15, 2023 La Hon. Fred W. Slaughter 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 28

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