Williamson
Williamson v. National City
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TASHA WILLIAMSON, an individual, Case No.: 18-cv-02394-WQH-JLB
Plaintiff,
ORDER
v. NATIONAL CITY, a municipal corporation; LUCKY NGUYEN, an 15 individual; and JOHN McGOUCH, and individual, Defendants. 18 HAYES, Judge: 19 The matter before the Court is the Motion to Re-Tax Defendants’ Bill of Costs filed 20 by Plaintiff Tasha Williamson. (ECF No. 96).
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
22 On October 18, 2018, Plaintiff Tasha Williamson initiated this action by filing a 23 Complaint. (ECF No. 1). On May 8, 2019, Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended 24 Complaint (“FAC”) against Defendants National City, Lucky Nguyen, and John McGouch. 25 (ECF No. 24). The FAC alleged that Defendants used excessive force against Plaintiff 26 during Plaintiff’s participation in a demonstration in National City Council chambers on 27 July 24, 2018, by “dragging [Plaintiff] backward, pulling the full weight of her body by 28 her hyperextended arms” and by “tightening [Plaintiff’s] handcuffs in an…