Worthy
Worthy v. City of Berkeley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RICHARD EDWARD WORTHY, Case No. 20-cv-05558-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
CITY OF BERKELEY, et al., JUDGMENT Defendants. Docket No.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Richard Worthy sued the City of Berkeley and Berkeley Police Officers Hernan Villarroel, Nicholas Turney, and Kandi Walther (collectively, “Defendants”) for damages stemming from an incident on July 11, 2019 when the officers detained Plaintiff for a mental health evaluation pursuant to Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5150. Docket No. 1. Now pending is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to all claims in the complaint. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ motion. II. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background On July 11, 2019, at 5:41 p.m., Defendant Hernan A. Villarroel, an…