Nazir

FACTS

We summarize below the material facts set forth in the complaint. In 2007, plaintiff was employed by the City of Torrance Police Department. Plaintiff had completed his period of probation and was assigned as a patrol officer. On April 14, 2007, he was working on patrol with another Torrance Police Department officer. Plaintiff and his partner learned that a robbery had occurred at a local convenience store. They were given a description of the robbery suspect. During that same shift, plaintiff and his partner talked with a confidential informant to arrange a narcotics purchase from a suspected drug dealer. While on patrol later in the shift, plaintiff and his partner saw a man who generally matched the description of the robbery suspect they had been given earlier. The man was “act[ing] suspiciously” in the general vicinity of the convenience store where the robbery had occurred. The man also matched the description of the suspected drug dealer with whom their confidential informant was going to arrange a narcotics purchase. Plaintiff and his partner decided to make contact with the man to see if he was either the robbery suspect or the suspected drug dealer. Plaintiff and…