Porter

Porter v. Yuba City Police Dept.

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaNovember 4, 20212:20-cv-01554California2,059 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Quiana Lei Porter, No. 2:20-cv-01554-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. Yuba City Police Officers Hansen, Hurado, Jensen, Eshman, and DOES 1-25, Defendant. Plaintiff Quiana Lei Porter brings this action under 42 U.S.C § 1983, alleging the named Yuba City Police Officers violated her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by using excessive force and unlawfully detaining her during an arrest in 2018. The officers move to 20 dismiss the operative complaint. For the reasons below the motion is granted in part and denied in part. 22 I. BACKGROUND Yuba City Police Officers arrested Porter outside her brother’s home in August 2018, Second Am. Compl. (SAC) ¥ 12, ECF No. 19, on suspicion of being drunk in public and resisting 25 arrest, id. § 21. Porter claims the officers grabbed and “pummeled” her. /d. J] 12-15. Defendant Hansen also choked her. /d. 4 15. During…

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