Wills
Wills v. City of Monterey
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CYNTHIA S WILLS, Case No. 21-cv-01998-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING CITY
v. DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR
JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
CITY OF MONTEREY, et al., Defendants. Docket No. 184, 212
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Cynthia S. Wills, proceeding pro se, is an unhoused woman who brought suit against Defendants the City of Monterey, Monterey Police Department (“MPD”), and Monterey Harbor Patrol (“MHP”) (collectively, “City Defendants”) on March 19, 2021, for allegedly violating her civil rights under the Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and various state laws, when they enforced city ordinances prohibiting public camping (“anti-camping ordinances”) against her. (Docket No. 1). Only Ms. Wills’s claim under the Eighth Amendment remains as to the City Defendants. Ms. Wills also brought this case against Defendant Montage Health, for alleged separate violations, who are not the…