Landeros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jennifer Landeros, et al., No. 2:17-cv-02598-KJM-CKD Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Samuel Schafer, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Daniel Landeros died in police custody after a car accident. See Joint Pretrial Stmt. at 2, ECF No. 26. The plaintiffs brought this action against the City of Elk Grove and several of the 19 police officers who were on the scene at his death. See generally Compl., ECF No. 1. They 20 allege the officers used excessive force to restrain him and made negligent tactical decisions which led to his death by asphyxiation. See Joint Pretrial Stmt. at 2-3. They seek damages as his 22 survivors and for his wrongful death, including punitive damages, among other relief. See Final 23 Pretrial Order at 4-5, ECF No. 36; Compl. at 13. The city and its officers defend the force as 24 reasonable and argue Landeros died of an unrelated heart attack. See Joint Pretrial Stmt. at 3. A trial is…