Tamrat
Tamrat v. Marlowe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HERMAN TAMRAT, Case No. 20-cv-07623-PJH
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ADAM MARLOWE, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 29, 61, 67 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff, a former county detainee and current state prisoner, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that defendant deputies Marlowe and Tamayo used excessive force against him. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the merits. Plaintiff filed an opposition and after viewing the video evidence, a second opposition. For the reasons set forth below, the motion for summary judgment is granted. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Legal Standard Summary judgment is proper where the pleadings, discovery and affidavits show that there is "no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). Material…