Duane Folke v. City of Los Angeles

Case 2:21-cv-03038-ODW-E Document Filed 02/07/ Page 1 of Page ID #:290

O 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California

11 DUANE R. FOLKE, Case № 2:21-cv-03038-ODW (Ex)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS [38]

14 CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al.,

Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Defendants the City of Los Angeles (the “City”) and Officer Whitey (together, 19 “Defendants”) move to dismiss certain claims asserted against them in Plaintiff Duane 20 R. Folke’s First Amended Complaint. (See generally Mot. Dismiss (“Mot.” or 21 “Motion”), ECF No. 38; First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 37.) As explained below, 22 the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion.1 II. BACKGROUND On April 7, 2021, Plaintiff filed this action against the City, Officer Whitey, the 25 Los Angeles Police Department (“LAPD”), Sargent Ferrer, Detective Yepp, and Officer 26 Lewis. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Folke…