Murrietta-Golding

Murrietta-Golding v. City of Fresno

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaOctober 15, 20201:18-cv-00314California11,911 words

Opinion

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 ISIAH MURRIETTA-GOLDING deceased CASE NO. 1:18-CV-0314 AWI SKO through his successor in interest Christina 9 Lopez, et al.,

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION

10 Plaintiffs FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

11 v. (Doc. No. 48) 12 CITY OF FRESNO, CITY OF FRESNO

POLICY CHIEF JERRY DYER, FRESNO

13 POLICE SGT. RAY VILLALVAZO, and Does 1-10, 14 Defendants 15

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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. 24

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SUMMARY JUDGMENT FRAMEWORK

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