Graves
Graves v. City of Palo Alto Police Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION
HARLAN DEAN GRAVES,
Case No. 5:20-cv-01211-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE v. JUDGE’S ORDER 12 CITY OF PALO ALTO POLICE Re: Dkt. No. 22 DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants.
This suit arises out of an alleged altercation between Plaintiff Harlan Dean Graves (“Plaintiff”) and a security guard outside the Trader Joe’s grocery store located at the Town and Country Village shopping center in Palo Alto, California, and Plaintiff’s transfer, against his will, to his home by a Palo Alto police officer. Magistrate Judge Cousins screened Plaintiff’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). On March 3, 2020, Judge Cousins issued an “Order Granting IFP Application; Screening Complaint; Reassigning Case; Recommending Granting Leave to Amend” (hereinafter “Order”). Dkt. No. 12. Judge Cousins found some of Plaintiff’s claims were sufficiently pleaded…