Calvin Lorenzo Morris v. City of Los Angeles

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 CALVIN LORENZO MORRIS, Case № 2:22-cv-09277-ODW (MRWx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. 14 C ITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., DISMISS [61]

15 Defendants.

16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Calvin Lorenzo Morris brings this suit against Defendants County of 19 Los Angeles (the “County”) and its employees, asserting constitutional violations 20 based on Morris’s over detention. (Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”) ¶¶ 5, 8, 14, 106, 21 ECF No. 59.) The County moves to dismiss Morris’s cause of action asserted against 22 it for municipal liability in the Second Amended Complaint. (County Mot. Dismiss 23 SAC (“Mot.” or “Motion”), ECF No. 61.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court 24 DENIES the County’s Motion.2 25 1 Morris also names as Defendants the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles World Airports, and 26 their employees. (SAC ¶¶ 4, 6.) The Court granted the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports’s Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint as against them.…