Adamson v. Pierce County

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 12 13 CHRIS ADAMSON, et al., Case No. 3:21-cv-05592-TMC 14 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 15 v. 16 PIERCE COUNTY, et al., 17 Defendants. 18 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 In April 2020, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) shut down its narcotics 21 trafficking investigations team, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Pierce County Sheriff Paul 22 Pastor transferred Plaintiffs, who were SIU officers, to other units and launched an external 23 investigation into…