Ross
Ross v. County of San Diego
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS ROSS, Case No.: 21CV-2130-JO-VET
Plaintiff,
v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; SAN
JUDGMENT
DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S
15 DEPARTMENT; et. al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 Plaintiff Thomas Ross1 filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that San Diego Sheriff’s Deputies used excessive force when they restrained and arrested him on December 17, 2020. Dkt. 25, Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). Defendants moved for summary judgment on the grounds that qualified immunity shields these officers’ actions. Dkt. 95-2 (“Def. Mot. Summ. J.”). For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on all claims.
27 Mr. Thomas Ross is now deceased, for reasons unrelated to the December 2020 incident 28 I. BACKGROUND On December 17, 2020, the San Diego Sherriff’s Department received frightened 3 …