Kettmann
Kettmann v. City Of San Jose
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ANDREW KETTMANN, Case No. 19-cv-07925-NC Plaintiff,
v.
ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR
JOSE URIBE and MARCNELL
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
PALACIO, Re: ECF 66 Defendants.
18 In this civil rights case, Plaintiff Andrew Kettmann alleges that two San Jose Police Officers—Jose Uribe and Marcnell Palacio—used excessive force against him in a confrontation at an assisted living community. Officers Uribe and Palacio tased Kettmann twenty times and struck him with a baton several times, fracturing his leg. Kettmann claims that the Officers’ actions violated federal and state civil rights laws. Defendants move for summary judgment on both of Kettmann’s claims and on their qualified immunity affirmative defense. Having carefully considered the briefing and all admissible evidence, the Court GRANTS the Defendants’ motion. I. BACKGROUND movant, and are undisputed unless otherwise indicated. Kettmann has been diagnosed with schizophrenia…