Steinmeir

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SUZANNE STEINMEIER, Case No.: 18cv1603 JM (WVG)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEPUTY FRANK

v. LEYVA’S AND DEPUTY KENNETH

EDWARDS’ MOTION FOR

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; SAN

SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR IN

DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S

THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR

DEPARTMENT; SHERIFF WILLIAM

SUMMARY ADJUDICATION

GORE; FRANK LEYVA; KENNETH

EDWARDS; PETER ALVARADO;

17 BRIAN KEENE; WILLIS WHITED; and DOES 3 through 10, Defendants. 20 In this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff Suzanne Steinmeier (“Plaintiff”) alleges San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputies Frank Leyva and Kenneth Edwards (“the Deputies”) used excessive force in violation of her Fourth Amendment rights when they struck her multiple times after she kicked a police dog that was biting her wife. The Deputies now move for summary judgment. (Doc. No. 34.) The motion has been fully briefed and the court…