Calvin Lorenzo Morris v. City of Los Angeles

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8 United States District Court 9 Central District of California

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11 CALVIN LORENZO MORRIS, Case № 2:22-cv-09277-ODW (MRWx)

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ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

13 v. 14 C ITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., DISMISS [45] [48]

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16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Calvin Lorenzo Morris brings this excessive force action against 19 Defendants County of Los Angeles (the “County”), City of Los Angeles (the “City”), 20 Los Angeles World Airports (“LAWA”), and their employees (collectively, 21 “Defendants”). (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 37.) Defendants move to 22 dismiss the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), arguing that it exceeds the scope of 23 previously granted leave to amend and fails to sufficiently plead the fifth cause of 24 action for municipal liability. (County Mot. Dismiss FAC (“County Mot.”), ECF 25 No. 45; City & LAWA Mot. Dismiss FAC (“City-LAWA Mot.”), ECF No. 48.) For 26 the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss.1 27 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in…