NAACP of San Jose/ Silicon Valley v. City Of San Jose

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NAACP OF SAN JOSE/ SILICON VALLEY, et al., Case No. 21-cv-01705-PJH 6 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE MOTION FOR SUMMARY v. JUDGMENT 8 CITY OF SAN JOSE, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 121 9 Defendants.

11 Defendants’ motion for summary judgment came on for hearing on June 1, 2023. Plaintiffs appeared through their counsel, Rachel Lederman, Chris Johnson, and Robert Flynn. Defendants appeared through their counsel, Matthew Pritchard. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments and relevant authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby rules as follows. BACKGROUND This is a civil rights case arising out of the May 2020 protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by police. Specifically, on May 29 and 30, 2020, plaintiffs participated in protests in San Jose to “express their view that police brutality and institutionalized racism must end,” and now “seek…