Corcoran

ORDER RE (1) DEFENDANTS’ MOTION RE: QUALIFIED IMMUNITY; AND (2) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION RE: DECLARATORY RELIEF/UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICY

In 1998, Plaintiff John Corcoran (“Cor-coran”) filed this lawsuit against Defendant Paul Fletcher (“Fletcher”) and the City of Montebello (the “City”) alleging a violation of Civil Rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . More specifically, Corcor-an claimed that both Fletcher and the City had violated his Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Corcoran’s complaint contained four causes of action. The first claim was directed at Fletcher, in his individual capacity, for allegedly violating Corcoran’s civil rights by detaining him without reasonable suspicion and arresting him without probable cause. The remaining three claims were all directed against the City. One complained of the City’s alleged failure to properly train its officers and another for the City’s alleged maintenance of a policy or practice that caused or was the moving force behind the alleged unconstitutional arrests. Finally, Corcoran requested declaratory relief in the form of an injunction proclaiming the policy at issue to be unconstitutional as a…