Colbert
Colbert v. City of Merced
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM COLBERT, an individual, Case No. 1:19-cv-01294-JLT-HBK 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW
CAUSE WHY THIS ACTION SHOULD NOT
13 v. BE DISMISSED
14 CITY OF MERCED, ET. AL., FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE 15 Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 34, 35) 16 17 This matter comes before the Court upon periodic review of the file. Plaintiff, proceeding 18 with counsel, initiated this action by filing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint on 19 September 13, 2019 against City of Merced, BP America Inc.1, and police officers of the Merced 20 Police Department in their individual and official capacities alleging excessive force during 21 arrest, supervisory and municipal liability, violation of the Bane Act, assault and battery, 22 negligence, false imprisonment/illegal detention, false arrest, negligent infliction of emotional 23 distress, stemming from a March 12, 2018 incident at a gas station wherein the store clerk called 24 9-1-1. (See generally Doc.…