Cooper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PATRICIA V. COOPER, No. 2:21-CV-01538-JAM-KJN individually as Guardian Ad Litem for minors Z.R.; Z.R., JR.; and D.R., successors-in- interest to ZACHARY T. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

ROBINSON,

13 Plaintiffs, 14 v.

CITY OF FAIRFIELD; FAIRFIELD

POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS

OFFICERS; OFFICER KENNAN

SIEVERS; OFFICER MATTHEW

THOMAS,

18 Defendants. 19 Plaintiff Patricia V. Cooper (“Plaintiff”) sued in her individual capacity, as a successor-in-interest to Zachary T. Robinson (“Decedent”), and as Guardian Ad Litem for minors Z.R., Z.R., Junior and D.R., to recover punitive and compensatory damages from the City of Fairfield, Kennan Sievers, and Matthew Thomas (“Defendants”) for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. First Amended Compl. (“FAC”)1, ECF No. 21. Defendants moved to 27 1 Plaintiff’s amended complaint is properly referred to as the “FAC” and not, as Defendants contend, the “SAC.” dismiss. Mot. to Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 24. Plaintiff opposed the motion. Opp’n,…