Nevarez v. Mesa, City of

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Robert Nevarez, Sr., et al., No. CV-24-01154-PHX-DWL 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER 11 v. 12 City of Mesa, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 In June 2023, Robert Nevarez Jr. (“Decedent”) died following an encounter with 16 four police officers from the City of Mesa and the City of Tempe. In this action, Decedent’s 17 family members have sued both municipalities and the individual police officers, asserting 18 a pair of claims under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and a pair of state-law tort claims. 19 Now pending before the Court are a…