Opinion
Case No. EDCV 14-00085 JGB (SPx)
09-30-2015
ISABEL M. LOPEZ, WILLIAM ESPINOZA, JR., ANGELA LOPEZ, ISABEL ANN VILLA, and TERESA RICO, Plaintiffs, v. DEPUTY BRADLEY PENDLETON and DEPUTY ASHLEY VERA, Defendants.
JUDGMENT
TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
On September 15, 2015, this matter came on regularly for trial in Courtroom 1 of the above entitled Court, the Honorable Judge Jesus G. Bernal presiding. Plaintiffs appeared by Mark Overland, Courtney Overland, and Douglas Gray. Defendants appeared by Bruce E. Disenhouse.
A jury was duly empaneled, witnesses were sworn and testified, and exhibits were received. At the close of Plaintiffs' case in chief, all Defendants made Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50, subdivision (a). The Court granted the motions as to Sheriff Stanley Sniff, the County of Riverside, and Deputy Nathan White. The Court denied the motions as to Deputies Ashley Vera and Bradley Pendleton. The Court also ruled that Plaintiff Isabel Ann Villa had no standing to sue under either federal or state law, and ordered her dismissed with prejudice as a party herein.
The jury was then duly instructed and, after hearing final argument, retired to deliberate. On September 24, 2015, the jury returned its unanimous verdict in favor of Defendants Vera and Pendleton as follows:
1. The jury found that Defendants Vera and Pendleton were not negligent;
2. The jury found that Defendants Vera and Pendleton were not deliberately indifferent to the Eighth Amendment rights of William Ray Espinoza with regards to housing classification;
3. The jury found that Defendants Vera and Pendleton did not violate Plaintiffs' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
WHEREFORE, it is hereby ADJUDGED and ORDERED that Defendants STANLEY SNIFF, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, NATION WHITE, ASHLEY VERA, and BRADLEY PENDLETON shall have judgment against the Plaintiffs and that Plaintiffs ISABEL M. LOPEZ, WILLIAM ESPINOZA, JR., ANGELA LOPEZ, ISABEL ANN VILLA, and TERESA RICO shall take nothing by reason of the Second Amended Complaint on file herein.
IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: September 30, 2015
/s/_________
Jesus G. Bernal
United States District Judge