Golt

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BROUGHT PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 56(b)

Presently before the Court is Defendants City of Signal Hill, Signal Hill Police Department, and Officers Wolfe, Brown, Smith, Boksa and Chambers’ Motion for Summary Judgment brought pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(b). Having read and considered the moving papers, the opposition, and the reply, and all other admissible evidence, the Court hereby grants Defendants’ Motion for the following reasons.

I.

Factual and Procedural Background

Plaintiff David W. Golt filed this Complaint on June 27, 2000. Then, on January 23, 2001, Defendants City of Signal Hill, Signal Hill Police Department, et al., filed their Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the alternative, Summary Adjudication. The Court heard oral argument on this matter on February 26, 2001. The background facts are as follows.

On August 5, 1999, while on patrol, Signal Hill Police Officers, Officer Smith and Officer Wolfe, observed a white jeep with no license plates. The officers stopped the white jeep for violating California Vehicle Code § 5200, driving without a license plate. The officers…