On November 8, 2016, USDC Judge George H. Wu granted summary judgment in favor of the City of Fontana and Fontana Police Chief Rodney Jones in Navarro v. City of Fontana, Case No. 15-cv-1650-GW (GJSx), an unlawful seizure and excessive force case brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Fontana police officers made contact with Plaintiff in a motel parking lot, where he was walking with his wife and his three children. During the officers’ interaction with Plaintiff, he appeared to swallow some drugs that he had in his pocket. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2016
SPRENGER AND LAWRENCE OBTAIN DISMISSAL OF EXCESSIVE FORCE CASE AGAINST OCSD
On October 22, 2015, LBAC obtained a dismissal with prejudice in an excessive force case, Walton v. County of Orange, Case No. 30-2014-00752735-CU-CR-CJC. Plaintiff alleged that Orange County deputies used “excessive force and unreasonable deadly force” when he was tased multiple times during a routine traffic stop. Plaintiff further alleged that the deputies’ use of excessive and deadly force Continue reading