Rasku
Rasku v. City of Ukiah
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division CHRISTOPHER RASKU, Case No. 20-cv-01286-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION TO DISMISS AND FOR A
MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT
CITY OF UKIAH and KEVIN MURRAY, Re: ECF No. 9 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION After plaintiff Christopher Rasku’s neighbor called the police about an argument with another neighbor, Officer Kevin Murray responded, allegedly entered the plaintiff’s home unlawfully, knocked the plaintiff unconscious, and punched, kneed, and kicked him, causing several broken ribs, a punctured and partially collapsed lung, nerve damage, and other injuries.1 Officers then arrested the plaintiff.2 Officer Murray allegedly wrote a police report with false statements about the encounter, including statements that the plaintiff started the encounter with him.3 Ultimately 24 25 1 Compl. – ECF No. 1 at 3–4 (¶¶ 10–17). Citations refer to material in…