Zhang

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JACQUELINE ZHANG, Case No. 17-CV-00007-LHK

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MONELL LIABILITY

v.

COUNTY OF MONTEREY, et al., Defendants. 17 The parties have now engaged in several rounds of briefing with respect to the bases upon which municipal liability may be shown. See, e.g., ECF No. 149, 152, 159, 164, 167, 168. Below, the Court outlines the governing precedent under United States Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit doctrine. The Court then addresses various issues raised by the parties. The Court continues to research and analyze municipal liability and may issue further orders. Under Section 1983, liability may attach to a municipality only where the municipality itself caused the constitutional violation through “execution of a government’s policy or custom, whether made by its lawmakers or by those whose edicts or acts may fairly be said to represent official policy.” Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Serv. of N.Y., 436 U.S. 658,…