Luke Carlson v. City of Redondo Beach
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Case 2:20-cv-00259-ODW-AFM Document Filed 05/12/ Page 1 of Page ID #:2459
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 LUKE CARLSON, et al., Case № 2:20-cv-00259-ODW (AFMx)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
v.
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
14 CITY OF REDONDO BEACH; et al., JUDGMENT [45]
15 Defendants.
16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Luke Carlson (“Carlson”) and his parents—Jeanne Zimmer and 19 Jeffery Carlson—bring this excessive force action against Defendants the City of 20 Redondo Beach (the “City”), Officer Ryan Crespin, Officer Patrick Knox, and 21 Sergeant Mark Valdivia, based on allegations that they used unreasonable deadly 22 force when they shot Carlson, and excessive force when apprehending his parents. 23 Defendants move for summary judgment, or partial summary judgment, on Plaintiffs’ 24 eight claims and claim for punitive damages. (Mot. Summ. J. (“Mot.” or “Motion”), 25 ECF No. 45.) As discussed below, genuine disputes of material fact preclude 26 summary judgment as…