Riaz

FACTS

Riaz is a Muslim woman born in Pakistan, English is not her first language, and she was a practicing dentist at the time of the incidents described below. As background for Riaz’s specific claims of misconduct, we note her first amended complaint includes the broad allegation that City’s police department had a long history of organized harassment, stalking, illegal surveillance, use of excessive force, trespassing, violating civil rights, failing to investigate, retaliating against whistleblowers, involvement in

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Government Code unless otherwise noted. (See fn. 6, post.)

2. domestic terrorism, involvement in hate crimes, and discrimination and retaliation against religious minorities, women, and immigrants, including her. The Incidents In February 2020, Riaz reported to the police that her garage door was vandalized. She alleged that Officers Lucas Valverde and Marisa Burkdoll refused to write a report of the vandalism, Officer Valverde threatened her with the use of excessive force and involuntary detention at Kaweah Health Medical Center, and Officer Burkdoll entered her home without permission. Riaz’s pleading…