Estrella

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BRITTONI ESTRELLA, individually and No. 1:22-cv-00921-MCE-JDP as co-successor-in-interest to 12 Decedent Paul David Chavez, Jr., et al., 13 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15

CITY OF MODESTO,

16 Defendant. 17 18 19 By way of this action, Plaintiffs Brittoni Estrella and her three minor children 20 (“Plaintiffs”) seek to recover from Defendant City of Modesto (“Defendant”) for injuries 21 sustained when Estrella’s husband and the children’s father, Paul David Chavez, Jr., 22 was shot and killed by Defendant’s police officers. The Court previously granted with 23 leave to amend Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ state law claims for failure to 24 comply with the provisions of California’s Government Claims Act (the “Act”), California 25 Government Code §§ 810 et seq. ECF No. 30. Presently before the Court are a Motion 26 for Reconsideration (ECF No. 32) and a Motion to Amend the Amended Complaint 27 (“ECF No. 44), both filed by Plaintiffs. For the following reasons, the Motion for 28 1 …