Legal Opinion
Greer v. City of Hayward
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 17, 2017No. Case No. 3:15-cv-02307-WHOPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
WILLIAM H. ORRICK, United States District Judge
INTRODUCTION
This is a tragic case. James Greer was pulled over by a Hayward police officer on the evening of May 23, 2014 for suspicion of driving under the influence. He was dead an hour later, after a scuffle with several Hayward Police Department (“HPD”) officers, and one officer, Sergeant Jon Tougas, from the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (“BART”). Tougas recorded the encounter on his BART-issued body camera (“bodycam”). Greer’s son, the plaintiff, brought this action against the City of…
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