Valderrama
Valderrama v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARCO VALDERRAMA, No. 2:19-cv-01389-MCE-EFB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL;
COMMISSIONER WARREN STANLEY, individually and as a PEACE OFFICER of the CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL; JOSHUA
FUHRMAN, individually and as a PEACE OFFICER of the CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, DOES 1-50, inclusive, 19 Defendants. 20 Through the present lawsuit, Plaintiff Marco Valderrama (“Plaintiff”) alleges he was wrongfully arrested and detained through the use of excessive force following an automobile accident. Plaintiff’s lawsuit names both the State of California, the California Highway Patrol (“CHP”), CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley, and the arresting CHP officer, Joshua Fuhrman, as Defendants. The Complaint includes fourteen causes of action, including five claims for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a claim for conspiracy in contravention of 42 U.S.C. § 1985, and eight state law causes of action.