Browne
Browne v. San Francisco Sheriff's Department
Opinion
Opinion
Hamilton, J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Defendants’ motion for reconsideration of the court’s November 19, 2007 order, 2007 WL 4166007 granting summary judgment in part and denying it in part, and defendants’ motion for summary judgment, came on for hearing before this court on May 13, 2009. Plaintiff did not appear, and defendants appeared by their counsel Robert A. Bonta. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS defendants’ motions.
BACKGROUND
In January 2003, plaintiff Darren Browne, aka Aaron Browne, a former California pretrial detainee proceeding in propria persona, filed this civil rights action against nearly fifty defendants, alleging that he had been injured by officers and medical staff of the San Francisco County Sheriffs Department. The court dismissed the original complaint and the first amended complaint, and plaintiff filed the second amended complaint on September 22, 2003. On December 11, 2006, 2006 WL 3618037 , the court dismissed several claims and approximately half of the defendants, and ordered…