Samuel Bonner v. City of Long Beach

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

On April 27, 2022, plaintiff Samuel Bonner filed this action against defendants City of Long Beach (“defendant”), County of Los Angeles, William Collette, the estate of William Collette, John Henry Miller, the estate of John Henry Miller, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive. Dkt. 1. Plaintiff alleges claims for (1) deprivation of due process of law and violation of a fair trial, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; (2) civil conspiracy; (3) failure to disclose material exculpatory evidence, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; (4) post-trial suppression of exculpatory evidence, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; (5) supervisorial liability; (6) deliberate fabrication of evidence, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.§ 1983; (7) municipal liability, pursuant to Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658 (1978): and (8) violations of California Civil Code § 52.1. Id.’ Bonner’s claims arise from his 1983 conviction by a California state court jury for the first-degree murder and armed robbery of Leonard Polk. On July 8, 2019, after Bonner had served approximately 37 years in prison, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Andrew…