Murrietta-Golding
Murrietta-Golding v. City of Fresno
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ISIAH MURRIETTA-GOLDING deceased CASE NO. 1:18-CV-0314 AWI SKO through his successor in interest Christina Lopez, et al.,
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION
Plaintiffs FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v. (Doc. No. 48) CITY OF FRESNO, CITY OF FRESNO
POLICY CHIEF JERRY DYER, FRESNO
POLICE SGT. RAY VILLALVAZO, and Does 1-10, 14 Defendants
17 This case arises from a fatal encounter between decedent Isiah Murrietta-Golding 18 (“Murrietta-Golding” or “Isiah”) and members of the City of Fresno (“the City”) Police 19 Department. Plaintiffs Christina Lopez and Anthony Golding, both individually and purporting to 20 be successors in interest to Murrietta-Golding, bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations 21 of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments, and state law claims for California Civil Code § 22 52.1, negligence, and assault and battery. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for 23 summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be denied.