Estrella
Estrella v. City of Modesto
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRITTONI ESTRELLA, individually and No. 1:22-cv-00921-MCE-JDP as co-successor-in-interest to Decedent Paul David Chavez, Jr., et al., MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs, 14 v.
CITY OF MODESTO,
16 Defendant. 17 18 By way of this action, Plaintiffs Brittoni Estrella and her three minor children (“Plaintiffs”) seek to recover from Defendant City of Modesto (“Defendant”) for injuries sustained when Estrella’s husband and the children’s father, Paul David Chavez, Jr., was shot and killed by Defendant’s police officers. The Court previously granted with leave to amend Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ state law claims for failure to comply with the provisions of California’s Government Claims Act (the “Act”), California Government Code §§ 810 et seq. ECF No. 30. Presently before the Court are a Motion for Reconsideration (ECF No. 32) and a Motion to Amend the Amended Complaint (“ECF No. 44), both filed by Plaintiffs. For the following reasons, the Motion for 28 1 …