Coyett v. City of Philadelphia

• MEMORANDUM

Dalzell, District Judge.

I. Introduction

We consider here the City of Philadelphia’s partial motion for summary judgment concerning plaintiffs Monell claim.

Samir Coyett brings this action against all defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and claims that his civil rights were violated when officers from the Philadelphia Police Department (“PPD”) allegedly used excessive force during an arrest in 2013. Coyett specifically asserts that the City failed to properly train its police officers on the use of force, and that this failure to train amounted to deliberate indifference to hip…