Mohamed

Mohamed v. City and County of San Francisco CA1/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 27, 2013A134942California2,766 words

Opinion

Opinion

Haerle, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant Mohamed appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to respondent City and County of San Francisco (hereafter CCSF or respondent) in a tort action brought by appellant against CCSF based on a dispute and an ensuing physical altercation that occurred at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) when a San Francisco police officer asked for, and appellant refused to produce, papers demonstrating his right to solicit for limousine passengers there. We agree with the trial court that appellant presented no evidence nor argument rebutting the showing made by respondent in its moving papers. Nor has he done so in this court.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 13, 2010, appellant, a licensed limousine driver, was at SFO. San Francisco Police Officer Kenneth Canedo was also at SFO, and he observed appellant and another person “loitering in the area where passengers can be picked up by cars, taxis or limousines.” Both men noticed him, and then walked away, leading the officer to

1 suspect that “they were engaging in illegal solicitation of passengers without proper licenses . . . .” Canedo thus “followed the men down an…

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