Bell v. Lee
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VINCENT KEITH BELL, Case No. 13-cv-05820-SI
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE
SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
KEN LEE, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 178 Defendants.
12 Now before the Court is plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend his complaint to add a Monell claim against the City and County of San Francisco. Dkt. No. 178. The Court held a hearing on the matter on June 23, 2023. 16 BACKGROUND Plaintiff Vincent Bell has been a pretrial detainee in the custody of the San Francisco County Jail since 2012. Dkt. No. 48 at 2. This lawsuit stems from an incident on August 13, 2013, in which plaintiff alleges that officers at the jail used excessive force against him.1 On December 16, 2013, plaintiff filed his first complaint, pro se, against various individual officers at the jail whom he alleges were involved in the August 13 incident. Dkt. No. 1. On September 16,…