Lopez

I. BACKGROUND

21 On March 20, 2020, Plaintiff Francisco Lopez filed a Complaint against Defendants 22 City of El Cajon (the “City”), Officer R. Gray, and Does 1 through 30. (ECF No. 1). In the 23 Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that “[o]n the morning of February 26, 2019, Officer R. Gray 24 and other El Cajon police officers detained [Plaintiff]” for “being under the influence of 25 controlled substances or for suffering from a mental disorder.” (Id. at 1 & ¶ 10). Plaintiff 26 alleges that he was unarmed. Plaintiff alleges that the officers “knocked [Plaintiff] to the 27 ground, punched, elbowed, [ ] hit . . .,” and “verbally threatened” Plaintiff. (Id. ¶¶ 12-13). 28 Plaintiff alleges that the officers “fractured the medial wall of [Plaintiff’s] eye socket and broke his rib.” (Id. ¶ 14). Plaintiff alleges that the beating “caused [Plaintiff] to sustain a traumatic head injury, a concussion, severe bruising on multiple parts of his body, two black eyes, swelling, contusions, and a jaw injury.” (Id. ¶ 15). Plaintiff alleges that his “head, face, jaw, eyes, brain, nervous system, neck, back, shoulders, and ribs were all injured.” (Id. ¶ 16). Plaintiff alleges that…