Villanueva
Villanueva v. City of Visalia
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MIGUEL VILLANUEVA, et al., Case No.: 1:23-cv-00757 JLT BAM Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS AND
v. DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE
CASE
CITY OF VISALIA, et al., (Doc. 19) Defendants.
16 Miguel Villanueva, Aurora Villanueva, Esmeralda Alvarez Martinez, and Emanuel Villanueva allege that in the early hours of August 23, 2021, while lawfully cleaning a business property as part of their employment, six Visalia police officers1 entered the building with firearms drawn and detained Plaintiffs for over thirty minutes. (See generally Doc. 15.) Plaintiffs seek to hold the City of Visalia, Visalia Police Department, and the six officers liable for deprivation of their civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Id.) Defendants move for judgment on the pleadings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) and dismissal of Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint under Rule 12(b)(6). (See Doc. 19.) They…