George Lopez Ramirez v. City of Glendale

I. BACKGROUND

1 On May 13, 2017, Glendale Police Department Sgt. Aaron Zeigler (“Sgt. Zeigler”) 2 was dispatched to the area of 120 S. Maryland in Glendale for a reported assault. (Dkt. 3 29, Zeigler Decl. ¶ 2.) Zeigler was accompanied by a trainee officer, Nikole Ramirez 4 (“Officer Ramirez”). (Id. ¶ 1.) The reporting party, Carmen Medina (“Medina”), 5 contacted the Glendale Police Department to report “some guy [ ] pushing [her].” (Dkt. 6 29, Ex. 1, Ramirez Depo. at 20:19-25, 21:1-4.) According to Plaintiff George Lopez 7 Ramirez (“Plaintiff”), Plaintiff and Medina were arguing when Medina continuously 8 tried to grab Plaintiff’s phone. (Id. at 19:13-18.) In response, Plaintiff “grabbed 9 [Medina’s] arm” and “kept pushing her hand away”. (Id.) Medina told Plaintiff that she was going to call the police and called the police while Plaintiff was present. (Id. at 20:1- 25.) Although the precise sequence of events upon Sgt. Zeigler’s arrival to the scene is disputed, it is undisputed that Sgt. Zeigler spoke to both Medina and Plaintiff during the course of his investigation. Plaintiff does not dispute that Medina informed Sgt. Zeigler 16 …