Nicole Juarez Zelaya v. City of Los Angeles
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 NICOLE JUAREZ ZELAYA, Case № 2:20-cv-08382-ODW (MAAx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v.
NEW TRIAL AND/OR MOTION TO
14 CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., ALTER OR AMEND THE JUDGMENT [133] Defendants.
16 I. INTRODUCTION After a four-day trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Plaintiff Nicole Juarez 19 Zelaya, individually and as successor in interest to her father Decedent Jacob Juarez 20 Cedillo, and against Defendants City of Los Angeles, Officer Dustin Richmond, and 21 Officer Joseph Hunt, on Zelaya’s claims for excessive force, interference with familial 22 relations (wrongful death), and municipal liability for failure to train. (See Verdict, 23 ECF No. 121.) Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 59(a) and (e), 24 Defendants move for a new trial or to alter or amend the judgment on the basis of 25 prejudicial judicial misconduct (“Motion”). (Mot., ECF No. 133.) For the reasons 26 discussed below, the Court…