Gant

MEMORANDUM & ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs Kelvin Gant (“Gant”), Reginald Lenard Smith (“Smith”), and Jose Alexander Ventura (‘Ventura”) filed this putative class action against the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department, the City of Chino, the Chino Police Department, the County of San Bernardino, the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department, the City of Torrance, the Torrance Police Department, and Torrance police officers Steve Jangaard and Rod Irvine. (Docket No. 69, Third Am. Class Action Compl. (“TACC”).) Plaintiffs allege that Defendants improperly arrested them on warrants issued for other persons or improperly detained them following their improper arrests.

On October 8, 2009, the Court granted in part a motion to dismiss by the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, the City of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Police Department. (Docket No. 94, 10/8/09 Order). The Court later also granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings on Smith’s only remaining claim. (See Docket No. 108, 2/25/10…