Vasquez
Vasquez v. City of San Jose
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 MARIA ELENA VASQUEZ, et al., Case No. 5:19-cv-08441-EJD
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
v. JUDGMENT; DISMISSING
PLAINTIFFS’ STATE LAW CLAIMS
CITY OF SAN JOSE, et al., Defendants. Re: Dkt. No.
Before this Court is Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (“Motion”). See Dkt. No. 58. The Court finds the motion appropriate for decision without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND Early Christmas morning of 2018, twenty-four-year-old Decedent Jennifer Vasquez crashed her vehicle into a chain-link fence after fleeing from police in a high-speed chase. Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”), Dkt. No. 41 ¶¶ 15, 18. She was subsequently shot and killed in her vehicle by police officers with the San Jose Police Department (“SJPD”). Id. Ms. Vasquez’s family …