Paternostro
Paternostro v. City of Lodi
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIKA PATERNOSTRO, No. 2:17-cv-02062-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER CITY OF LODI and DOES 1 through 10, Defendant. 16 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Defendant City of Lodi’s (“Defendant”) Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 11.) Plaintiff Marika Paternostro (“Plaintiff”) opposed the motion. (ECF No. 12.) Defendant replied. (ECF No. 18.) For the reasons discussed herein, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 11.) /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On October 22, 2016, Plaintiff and her boyfriend Joseph Mann (“Mann”) were arguing loudly in the living room of Mann’s apartment when two police officers employed by Defendant — Officers Gerald Bahr (“Officer Bahr”) and Dominic Carillo (“Officer Carillo”) — arrived in response to a call for service involving possible domestic violence. (ECF No. 1 at ¶ 8; ECF No. 11-5, Defendant’s…