Gonzales v. City of Topeka, Kansas

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CROW, Senior District Judge.

This is a civil rights case arising from a drug surveillance of persons other than plaintiff and the ensuing stop of plaintiff Leonard Gonzales’s 1 vehicle by law enforcement officers. Motions for summary judgment filed by both defendants are before the court for resolution.

SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD

More than a “disfavored procedural shortcut,” summary judgment is an important procedure “designed ‘to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action.’ Fed.R.Civ.P. 1.” Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91…