Dominguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL DOMINGUEZ, Case No.: 20-CV-442 JLS (AHG) Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

v.

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

CITY OF ESCONDIDO, et al., JUDGMENT

15 Defendants. (ECF No. 27)

17 18 Presently before the Court is Defendants Mark Zeller, Cory Spinos, and the City of Escondido’s Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the alternative, Partial Summary Judgment. ECF No. 27. Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(d)(1), the Court finds the matters presented appropriate for resolution without oral argument. Having considered the Parties’ arguments, the evidence, and the law, the Court rules as follows. BACKGROUND I. Factual Background This is a civil rights action alleging excessive force by police officers in forcibly extracting a detained individual from his vehicle. /// A. The Initial Encounter On March 7, 2018, Defendant Officer Zeller responded to a dispatch call to check the welfare of a child allegedly…