Williams v. City of Sacramento CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

In his second amended complaint (the operative complaint), plaintiff alleges that on November 8, 2018, he was involved in a violent encounter with his sister and her boyfriend in a grocery store parking lot and inside the store. He alleges that he called 9-1-1, and when police officers from the Sacramento City Police Department arrived, instead of helping him, they improperly detained him, caused him further injury, and prevented him from obtaining medical treatment from first responders who went to the place of the fight. He alleges the officers discriminated against him based on his race. Plaintiff filed a complaint against the “Sacramento Police” in the trial court alleging racial discrimination and personal injury on June 14, 2021. According to the trial court’s ruling sustaining a demurrer to a second amended complaint, on August 6, 2021, plaintiff filed a first amended complaint. Defendants demurred to the first amended complaint. The trial court sustained the demurrer with leave to amend on the grounds that (1) it was devoid of facts demonstrating plaintiff had filed a timely claim with the defendants; and (2) it was barred by the…