Christopher Williams v. City of Long Beach
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Trial Court Opinion
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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9
11 CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, Case № 2:19-cv-05929-ODW (AFMx)
Plaintiff,
v.
14 CITY OF LONG BEACH, SERGEANT ORDER GRANTING RAY ALEXANDER, individually and as a DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO 15 peace officer, OFFICER DEDIER BIFURCATE PLAINTIFF’S 16 REYES, individually and as a peace MONELL CLAIMS AGAINST THE officer, OFFICER BRYANT YURIAR, CITY OF LONG BEACH AND TO 17 individually and as a peace officer, STAY MONELL-RELATED
SERGEANT DEREK ERNEST, DISCOVERY [37]
18 individually and as a peace officer, and
DOES 1-10,
19 Defendants. 20 21 I. INTRODUCTION Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate Plaintiff’s Monell 24 Claims Against the City of Long Beach and to Stay Monell-Related Discovery 25 (“Motion”). (Mot. to Bifurcate (“MTB”), ECF No. 37.) For the reasons discussed 26 below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion.1
28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral…