Manlove
Manlove v. County of San Diego
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
27 The Court takes the alleged material facts as true and construes them in the light most favorable to Plaintiff. Stoner v. Santa Clara Cnty. Office of Educ., 502 F.3d 1116, 1120 (9th Cir. 2007). According to the complaint, on the evening of March 22, 2023 in Spring Valley, CA, at least one Deputy Defendant apprehended Plaintiff while he was parked at a gas station. [Compl. ¶ 19.] Plaintiff admits that he lacked a front license plate in violation of California Vehicle Code 5200(A). [Id.] In apparent response, Deputy 4 Olguin purportedly demanded that Plaintiff produce his state driver’s license, a request 5 Plaintiff pleads he satisfied. [Id. ¶ 20.] Plaintiff claims that he wore jeans and a sweater 6 without any visible bulges in his clothing. [Id.] 7 Next, Plaintiff alleges that Deputy Olguin asked him to exit the vehicle without 8 justification, upon which Plaintiff questioned the reasoning behind his request. [Id. ¶ 21.] 9 According to Plaintiff, this exchange allegedly led to a dispute and to Deputy Olguin’s 10 attempt to reach into Plaintiff’s car and open his door. [Id. ¶ 20.]. Plaintiff asserts that 11 “unlawful and…