Brown
Brown v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRINIDAD BROWN, No. 2:17-cv-01157-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER v. EDDIE DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 In this civil rights case arising out of an altercation between defendant police officers and plaintiff Trinidad Brown, defendants move for summary judgment of all claims. For the reasons below, the court DENIES the motion. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background The following facts derive from both parties’ statements of undisputed facts, the parties’ responses to those statements, evidence cited in those statements, and the court’s review of the record. See Def.’s Reply re: Undisputed Facts (“UF”), ECF No. 62-1; Piccuta Decl., ECF No. 59-2. Where the court cites directly to defendants’ statement of undisputed facts, the facts are undisputed, except where noted. 27 28 Brown’s claims against defendant Officer Howard1 arise from a June 3, 2015 altercation, which began when Officers Villalobos and…