Banks-Reed
Banks-Reed v. Bay Area Rapid Transit
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 YOLANDA BANKS-REED, ET AL., CASE NO. 18-cv-05755-YGR
11 Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING
12 vs. IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
13 BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT, ET AL., Re: Dkt. No. 32 14 Defendants.
15 On January 3, 2018, decedent Sahleem Tindle (“Tindle”) was shot and killed by a Bay 16 Area Rapid Transit (“BART”) police officer. Plaintiffs herein are Yolanda Banks-Reed, the 17 decedent’s mother; S.A.T. and S.I.T., the decedent’s minor children, who are represented in this 18 action by their guardian ad litem, Ciara Turner; and the decedent’s estate. Plaintiffs’ complaint 19 alleges four causes of action against defendants BART, BART Chief of Police Carlos Rojas, and 20 BART police officer Joseph Mateu III for: (i) violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth 21 Amendments of the United States Constitution, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983; (ii) violation 22 of California Civil Code section 52.1 (the Bane Act); and (iii) wrongful death. 23 …