Wright

Background 24 On November 7, 2024, Plaintiff Abdullah Wright (“Plaintiff”) filed a 42 U.S.C. § 25 1983 civil rights complaint against Defendants City of San Diego and San Diego Police 26 Officer B. Lopez (“Officer Lopez”) (collectively “Defendants”). (Dkt. No. 1, Compl. ¶¶ 27 6-8.) 28 1 At the time of the alleged incident, Plaintiff was a teen-age Black college student 2 attending San Diego State University (“SDSU”) with no criminal history, and alleges that 3 on September 24, 2023, around 1:00 p.m., he was driving his two younger brothers in a 4 vehicle, owned by his father, in the College West neighborhood of San Diego. (Id. ¶¶ 25- 5 28, 36-58, 74, 91.) Plaintiff was driving north on 54th Street and stopped at the four-way 6 stop at the intersection of 54th Street and Collier Avenue, and saw Officer Lopez 7 approach the same intersection from the opposite direction. (Id. ¶¶ 37-39.) After 8 stopping, Plaintiff continued north on 54th Street as Officer Lopez drove south. (Id. ¶¶ 9 40-41.) Plaintiff then parked his vehicle on top of the hill heading north on 54th Street 10 and told his brothers to walk down the hill while Plaintiff tied his shoelaces. (Id. ¶¶…