Gonzalez
Gonzalez v. City of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARIO GONZALEZ, et al., Case No. 21-cv-09733-DMR
Plaintiffs,
ORDER ON MOTION TO CERTIFY
v. DEFENDANTS' INTERLOCUTORY
APPEAL AS FRIVOLOUS
CITY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 117 Defendants.
This case arises out of the April 2021 death of Mario Gonzalez following his detention by Defendants Eric McKinley, James Fisher, and Cameron Leahy, all City of Alameda police officers. Plaintiff M.G.C. filed suit both individually and as Mr. Gonzalez’s successor-in-interest, alleging constitutional violations and related state law claims against the three officers and the City of Alameda. On September 22, 2023, Defendants’ motion for summary judgment was granted in part and denied in part. [Docket No. 109 (“Order on MSJ”).] Specifically, the court granted summary judgment on M.G.C.’s Fourteenth Amendment claim as well as his individual Bane Act claim. The court denied the rest of Defendants’ motion, including their assertion of…