Ruelas
Ruelas v. City of Sanger
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SALINA RUELAS, Case No. 1:23-cv-0742 JLT SAB Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS IN FULL,
v. GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS, AND
GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE
CITY OF SANGER, et al., AMENDED COMPLAINT WITHIN TWENTY-
ONE DAYS
Defendants. (Docs. 6, 14) 16 Plaintiff seeks to hold the City of Sanger, the Sanger Police Department, and J. Deshawn Torrence—who at all relevant times was an officer with the police department—liable for violations of the Fourth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment. In addition, Plaintiff seeks to hold Torrence liable for: violation of the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 52.1; violation of the Ralph Unruh Civil Rights Act, Civil Code § 51.7; sexual battery; false imprisonment; gender violence; and intentional infliction of emotional distress. (See generally Doc. 1-1.) On May 15, 2023, the City of Sanger and the Sanger Police Department filed a motion…