Roybal

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The Complaint The City and Vergara are the only named defendants in Roybal’s complaint. The gist of the allegations are that on February 27, 2011, Vergara and other police officers (who were unserved Doe defendants) detained Roybal without reasonable suspicion and arrested him without probable cause, battering him in the process. Roybal alleged Vergara and the other officers illegally searched his car and fabricated that Roybal had consented to the search. The officers found marijuana in the trunk of Roybal’s car but denied Roybal access to his medical marijuana card, which would have demonstrated the marijuana was for legal purposes. Roybal alleged the officers’ conduct resulted in false criminal charges being brought against him. Roybal alleged the City knew Vergara had a propensity for racial profiling of young Hispanic males and a history of unreasonably detaining and arresting them. He alleged the City failed to adequately supervise, train, and control its police officers, including Vergara.

2 Roybal’s complaint contained four causes of action alleged against the individual defendants only (i.e., Vergara, and police officers and supervisors who were…