Legal Opinion
Banks v. City of Emeryville
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 27, 1985No. C 82-6790 SWPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING THIRD PARTY DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS, AND DISMISSING FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF OF THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT
SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge.
FACTS
On October 31, 1982, plaintiffs’ decedent, Mercedes Banks, was arrested by the Emeryville City Police for public drunkenness. Ms. Banks was placed in a cell at the Emeryville Police Department Temporary Detention Facility. During the course of her detention, a fire broke out in her cell. After the fire was extinguished, the decedent was found, charred nearly beyond recognition, on a mattress which had disintegrated into…
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