Anti Police-Terror Project v. City of Oakland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTI POLICE-TERROR PROJECT, et al., Case No. 20-cv-03866-JCS Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION WITHOUT CITY OF OAKLAND, et al., PREJUDICE 10 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 96

12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs bring a Motion for Class Certification (“Motion”) asking the Court to certify a class under Rule 23 to assert claims against the City of Oakland based on the use of tear gas at the George Floyd protests in Oakland between May 29, 2020 and June 1, 2020 (“the Protests”). For the reasons stated below, the Motion is DENIED without prejudice.1 II. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs brought this case as a putative class action against the City of Oakland (“the City”), then Chief of the Oakland Police Department (“OPD”) Susan Manheimer, OPD Sergeant Patrick Gonzales, OPD Officer Maxwell D’Orso and OPD Officer Casey Fought. Dkt. No. 71. The events that gave rise to Plaintiffs’…