Emerson

BACKGROUND

Emerson, in propria persona, sued the City on January 11, 2024. In her initial handwritten complaint, she alleged the City had breached a settlement the parties had reached in her previous “labor lawsuit” against the City and the Los Angeles Police Department. She also alleged City employees had intentionally caused her emotional distress through various wrongful acts. Five days later, Emerson filed a handwritten “Amended Complaint” or “Amended Supplemental Complaint,” which contained more factual allegations than the initial complaint but did not refer to any causes of action. On July 8, 2024, Emerson filed a typewritten document entitled “Motion for First Amended Complaint” or “Motion to Amend Complaint.” It was in the form of a complaint, not a motion to amend.1 It listed the following purported causes of

Emerson included this document in a “Notice of Lodgment” she filed after we entered an order she interpreted as authorizing it. The notice of lodgment includes a photograph of part of the first page of the “Motion for First Amended Complaint” bearing a filing stamp from the trial court. That is followed by an unstamped version of what appears to be the full…