Shiflett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division SORRELL SHIFLETT, Case No. 21-cv-07802-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. APPOINT GUARDIAN AD LITEM

CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, et al., Re: ECF No. 62 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, who has been mentally disabled since a 2008 traumatic brain injury, sued the City of San Leandro and two of its police officers for excessive force during a 2019 consensual stop. As the plaintiff was walking with his cousin to find a friend’s house, a local resident called the police to report the men as suspicious. After the defendant officers Anthony Pantoja and Ismael Navarro began speaking with him, the plaintiff ran. The officers pursued him, struck him with a baton, and tased him. He suffered brain bleeding leading to strokes and a dislocated shoulder. In this lawsuit, he claims excessive force and unlawful seizure under the Fourth 25 26 27 …