Bethany Farber v. City of Los Angeles
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 BETHANY FARBER, Case № 2:22-cv-01173-ODW (KSx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING
v.
DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
14 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, SUMMARY JUDGMENT [36]
15 Defendant.
16 I. INTRODUCTION This is a case of mistaken identity arising from the misidentification of Plaintiff 19 Bethany Kaley Farber (“Farber”) in an arrest warrant out of Texas. Pursuant to that 20 Texas warrant, officers of the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Farber and 21 detained her for thirteen days. Farber sued the City of Los Angeles (“City”), alleging 22 the City violated her constitutional rights in arresting and detaining her. (Compl., 23 ECF No. 1.) The City moves for summary judgment on all of Farber’s claims. (Mot. 24 Summ. J. (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 36.) For the reasons discussed below, the 25 Court GRANTS the City’s Motion.1 26
28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral…