Luke Carlson v. City of Redondo Beach
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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44 55 66 77 United States District Court 88 Central District of California 99 1100 1111 LUKE CARLSON, et al., Case No. 2:20-00259-ODW (AFMx)
1122 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO STAY CIVIL ACTION
1133 v. [23]
1144 CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, et al.,
1155 Defendants.
1166 1177 I. INTRODUCTION 1188 Luke Carlson, Jeanne Zimmer, and Jeffery Carlson (collectively “Plaintiffs”) 1199 initiated this action against City of Redondo Beach, and City of Redondo Beach 2200 Police Officers Ryan Crespin, Patrick Knox, and Mark Valdivia (“Officers”).1 2211 (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Defendants now move to stay the proceedings until the 2222 resolution of a criminal investigation into the incident underlying this case. (Mot. 2233 Stay (“Mot.”) 3, ECF No. 23). For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES 2244 Defendants’ Motion.2 2255 2266 2277 1 City of Redondo Beach and the Officers are collectively referred to as “Defendants.” 2288 2 After considering the papers submitted in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter…