Glen Love v. Benjamin Sanza

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:24-cv-00462-WDK-PD Date: April 5, 2024 Title Glen Love v. Benjamin Sanza

Present: The Honorable: Patricia Donahue, U.S. Magistrate Judge

Isabel Verduzco N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiff: Attorneys Present for Defendant:

N/A N/A

Proceedings: (In Chambers) Order to Show Cause Why Complaint Should Not Be Dismissed

On January 11, 2024, Plaintiff Glen Love (“Plaintiff”), a federal inmate proceeding pro se, filed a civil right complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendant Benjamin Sanza (“Defendant”), an Inglewood police officer, in his individual capacity. [Dkt. No. 1 at 3.] Plaintiff paid the filing fee on February 7, 2024.

Plaintiff alleges that on July 30, 2017, Defendant knowingly presented false information to a California state judge to obtain a search warrant for Plaintiff’s store, the “Stop & Shop.” [Id. at 3, 5, 8, 23-35.] He alleges that Defendant violated his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure and his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process. …