Brye

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Shawn Brye, No. 2:23-cv-00343-KJM-CSK 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 City of Stockton, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 Shawn Brye alleges officers of the Stockton Police Department arrested him for 18 | trespassing without probable cause, used excessive force to arrest him, and then searched his car 19 | without a warrant, all in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The officers move for summary 20 | judgment. As explained in this order, Brye could not prove the officers used excessive force or 21 | lacked probable cause to make an arrest, and they would be entitled to qualified immunity even if 22 | he could. Finally, although the officers have not demonstrated on the record before the court that 23 | they had probable cause to search Brye’s car, the law at the time was not clearly established, so 24 | the officers are entitled to qualified immunity in the face of that claim as well. The court 25 | therefore grants the…