McCoy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KORI MCCOY, individually and as Co- No. 2:19-cv-001191-JAM- Successor-in-Interest to Decedent CKD WILLIE MCCOY; et al.,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION TO BIFURCATE CITY OF VALLEJO, et al., Defendants. 17 On February 9, 2019, City of Vallejo Police Officers fatally 18 shot 20-year-old Willie McCoy fifty-five times while he sat 19 unconscious in his vehicle. McCoy’s siblings (collectively, 20 “Plaintiffs”) sued the City of Vallejo, the former chief of 21 police, and the individual police officers involved in the 22 shooting (collectively, “Defendants”). See Compl., ECF No. 1. 23 Defendants initially moved to stay the proceedings and discovery 24 pending the completion of a criminal investigation into the 25 officers’ actions or, alternatively, bifurcate and defer trial 26 and discovery for the Monell claim. See Mot. to Stay and 27 Bifurcate (“Mot.”), ECF No. 51. However, the criminal 28 investigation has since concluded. Accordingly,…