Maric
Maric v. Alvarado
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DENNIS MARIC, Case No. 1:12-cv-00102-SKO
Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION WITH
PREJUDICE AND DIRECTING CLERK OF
v. COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT
ALVARADO, et al., (Doc. 169)
Defendants. _____________________________________/ 15 I. Background Plaintiff Dennis Maric filed this civil rights action against Defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on January 23, 2012. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff filed the operative first amended complaint (FAC) on May 9, 2012. (Doc. 5.) On January 23, 2014, the previously assigned district judge granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on certain claims and denied the motion as to other claims. (See Doc. 55.) The parties later consented to the jurisdiction of a U.S. magistrate judge, (see Docs. 65, 66, 67, 60), and the case proceeded to trial before the undersigned on April 15, 2014, on claims of excessive force and assault and battery. (Doc. 96.) On April 16, 2014, the jury returned a verdict for Defendants. …