Rabinovitz

This matter is before the Court on the parties' motions for summary judgment or partial summary judgment. Plaintiffs Michael Rabinovitz and his daughter, M.R., a minor (by and through her Guardian ad Litem , Ronald Austin) seek partial summary judgment as to Defendants City of Los Angeles' ("the City") and Los Angeles Police Department's ("LAPD" or "the Department") municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 . [Doc. # 61 ("Pls' MSJ").] Defendants, the City and Officer Arvin Buenaventura, move for summary judgment or partial summary judgment as to Plaintiffs' civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 . [Doc. # 59 ("Defs' MSJ").] For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants' MSJ, and GRANTS Plaintiffs' MSJ.

*940 I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On December 29, 2016, Plaintiffs filed the operative First Amended Complaint ("FAC"), bringing civil rights causes of action under 42 U.S.C. sections 1983 against, as relevant here, the City and Officer Buenaventura in connection with an interaction between Buenaventura and M.R. that occurred at M.R.'s school. [Doc. # 27.]

Days before the parties filed the instant motions, pursuant to a…