Lujano
Lujano v. County of Santa Barbara
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Perren, J.
*804 Opinion
Yvette Lujano, through her guardian ad litem, Maria del Carmen Lujano, appeals an order granting summary judgment to the County of Santa Barbara (County) and two Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies on her complaint for false arrest and use of excessive force. We affirm.
STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On June 2, 2006, respondents Bryan Munana and Mark Ward, along with a third sheriff’s deputy and two Regents of the University of California (Regents) police officers were dispatched to an apartment building in Isla Vista in response to a call by Lujano’s mother that Lujano had been beaten up in a fight with several other girls.
When the deputies arrived, Lujano was standing outside the building with her cousin, Susana, and her brother, Rufino. Rufino was wearing a white tank top with a red stain on the front that Deputy Munana thought was blood. As the officers approached them, the three individuals turned around and walked down a passage between the apartment buildings. Munana parked his vehicle and followed them. He saw Lujano and Susana enter Lujano’s residence. Rufino stopped outside the residence when commanded to do so by Munana. As…