Roberts
Roberts v. County of Kern
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Willie Roberts and Carla Sutton, No. 1:21-cv-00725-KJM-CDB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. County of Kern, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 In this action, plaintiffs Willie Roberts and Carla Sutton allege Kern County Sheriff's Deputies shot Roberts in the thigh, aimed a rifle at Sutton’s head, detained her for several hours in handcuffs, and seized her car and phone during the search of a suspected casino in Bakersfield, California. Roberts and Sutton claim the officers, the County and the Sheriffs Office deprived them of their Fourth Amendment rights and violated California law. The matter is before the 22 court on the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, which is fully briefed. See Mot., ECF No. 26; Mem., ECF No. 26-1; Opp’n, ECF No. 27; Reply, ECF No. 29. The court has reviewed 24 the record and the parties’ briefs and submits the matter on the record before it. See E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(g). As…