Colvin
Colvin v. San Francisco Sheriff Department
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 LEONARD LEE COLVIN, Case No. 14-cv-05400-LB
12 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
13 v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS'
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
14 SGT. SANCHEZ, et al., JUDGMENT 15 Defendants. Re: ECF No. 65 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Leonard Colvin, who is a former pretrial detainee at the San Francisco County jail, 19 sued two jail deputies — Victor Sanchez and Scott Neu — based on (1) the defendants’ alleged 20 use of excessive force and punishment of him, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the 21 U.S. Constitution, and (2) Lieutenant Sanchez’s alleged retaliation against him (after he filed a 22 grievance), in violation of the First Amendment.1 The defendants moved for partial summary 23 judgment on the following grounds: (1) the Fourteenth Amendment excessive-force claim against 24 Lieutenant Sanchez fails because only Deputy Neu used force,…