Cordero
Cordero v. City of San Francisco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID CORDERO, Case No. 19-cv-01834-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 63 CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., Defendants.
12 David Cordero alleges San Francisco police officers used excessive force when they stopped and arrested him for running several stop lights at high speed during the early morning hours of August 12, 2018. Now pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on all claims. After carefully considering the parties’ written submissions and video evidence, and having had the benefit of oral argument on November 10, 2022, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the motion. I. Section 1983: Excessive Force Claim (First Cause of Action) When evaluating a Fourth Amendment claim of excessive force, courts ask “whether the officers’ actions are ‘objectively reasonable’ in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them.” Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 397 (1989). “Determining whether an…