Tekoh

PROCEEDINGS: IN CHAMBERS—FINAL DECISION ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE SUMMARY ADJUDICATION [40]

The Court’s Final Decision on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication [40] is attached hereto.'

Ruling on Motion for Summary Judgment

*1167 I. Background

Plaintiff Terence B. Tekoh (“Tekoh” or “Plaintiff’) sues two Los Angeles Sheriffs Department (“LASD”) sergeants: Carlos Vega (“Vega”) and Dennis Stangeland (“Stangeland”) for violations of his civil rights. 1 See generally First Amended Complaint, Docket No. 37. Plaintiff asserts two- claims of violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . First, Plaintiff alleges that Vega deprived him of his rights under the U.S. Constitution by: (1) arresting him without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment; (2) subjecting him to coercive custodial interrogation and generating an involuntary and false confession in violation of the Fifth Amendment;' and (3) fabricating evidence to cause Plaintiff to be maliciously prosecuted in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Id. ¶ 47 . Second, Plaintiff asserts that Stangeland violated Plaintiffs constitutional rights by…