Sonya Huerta v. The City of Santa Barbara

United States District Court Central District of California Western Division 11 SONYA HUERTA, et al., CV 17-06225 TJH (JEMx)

Plaintiffs, v. Order THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, et and al., Judgment Defendants. 17 18 The Court has considered Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, together with the moving and opposing papers. During the evening of August 3, 2016, Decedent Joel Huerta [“Decedent”] went to a neighbor’s house and asked her to call the police because he was not feeling well. Defendants Officers Sonja Crawford, James Lombardo, Gareth Newmann, Tyler Thompson, John Barriga, and Nathan Beltran, all police officers with the Santa Barbara Police Department [collectively, “Defendant Officers”], responded to the call. When the Defendant Officers arrived, they divided their duties – some attempted to tend to Decedent while others went to Decedent’s home to ask his family members questions regarding his…