Mann
Mann v. City of Sacramento
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 ROBERT MANN, SR.; VERN MURPHY- No. 2:17-cv-01201 WBS DB MANN; and DEBORAH MANN, 13 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ MOTION v. TO STAY
CITY OF SACRAMENTO; SACRAMENTO
POLICE DEPARTMENT; SAMUEL D. SOMERS, JR.; JOHN C. TENNIS; and RANDY R. LOZOYA, Defendants. 19 ----oo0oo---- On February 24, the court denied defendants Tennis and Lozoya’s (the “Officer defendants”) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s § 1983 claim for loss of intimate association rights under the First Amendment. (Docket No. 98.) Because the court’s order involved a denial of the Officer defendants’ request for qualified immunity, the Officer defendants appealed the court’s order on March 11, 2021. (Docket No. 99.) Defendants City of Sacramento, Sacramento Police Department, and Samuel D. Somers (the “City defendants”) now move to stay proceedings pending the Officers’…