Southern
Southern v. City of Sacramento
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JIMMY SOUTHERN, individually and No. 2:20-cv-01765-MCE-AC as successor-in-interest to Decedent JEREMY SOUTHERN, Plaintiff, ORDER v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO, a municipal corporation; DRAKE WALKER, individually and in his capacity as a City of Sacramento Police Officer; and DOES 1–50, inclusive, Defendants. 19 Plaintiff Jimmy Southern (“Plaintiff”) brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants City of Sacramento (the “City”) and police officer Drake Walker (“Walker”) (collectively, “Defendants”) based on the fatal shooting of Plaintiff’s brother, Jeremy Southern (“Decedent”), by Walker. Second Am. Compl., ECF No. 15 (“SAC”). Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. ECF No. 33. Plaintiff does not oppose this Motion. ECF No. 36. For the following reasons, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED.1 27 1 Because oral argument would not have been of material assistance, the Court ordered this 28 …