Metal Jeans, Inc. v. State Of California et al

Filing 71

JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANTS STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CHP OFFICER JON RELLES, CHP OFFICER TODD BARRETT AND HOWARD SOMMERS TOWING, INC. by Judge Dean D. Pregerson: Plaintiff Metal Jeans, Inc. take nothing in this action, that the action by plaintiff M etal Jeans, Inc. against defendants State of California, acting by and through the CHP, CHP Officer Jon Relles, CHP Officer Todd Barrett and Howard Sommers Towing, Inc. be dismissed on the merits, and that defendants State of California, acting by and through the CHP, CHP Officer Jon Relles, CHP Officer Todd Barrett and Howard Sommers Towing, Inc. recover their costs. (lc)

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KAMALA D. HARRIS
Attorney General of California
JOEL A. DAVIS
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
BENJAMIN BARNOUW
Deputy Attorney General
State Bar No. 168581
300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702
Los Angeles, California 90013
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants State of California,
acting by and through the California Highway
Patrol, California Highway Patrol Officer
Jon Relles and California Highway Patrol
Officer Todd Barrett
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WESTERN DIVISION

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Case No. 2:15-cv-02127-DDP(PJWx)

METAL JEANS, INC., a Nevada
Corporation,

JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF
Plaintiff, DEFENDANTS STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, CHP OFFICER JON
RELLES, CHP OFFICER TODD
v.
BARRETT AND HOWARD
SOMMERS TOWING, INC.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TODD
BARRETT, JON RELLES,
HOWARD SOMMERS TOWING,
INC. and DOES 1-30,
Defendants.

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The motion of defendants State of California, acting by and through the

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California Highway Patrol (CHP), CHP Officer Jon Relles and CHP Officer Todd

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Barrett for Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, for Partial Summary Judgment

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and the motion of defendant Howard Sommers Towing, Inc. for Summary

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Judgment, or, in the Alternative, Partial Summary Judgment came on regularly for

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hearing before this Court on October 17, 2016. The Court, having fully considered
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the evidence presented and having heard oral argument, issued an Order granting

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both motions in their entirety, finding that defendants State of California, acting by

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and through the CHP, CHP Officer Relles, CHP Officer Barrett and Howard

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Sommers Towing, Inc. are entitled to summary judgment on all claims asserted by

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plaintiff Metal Jeans, Inc.

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Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT plaintiff

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Metal Jeans, Inc. take nothing in this action, that the action by plaintiff Metal Jeans,

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Inc. against defendants State of California, acting by and through the CHP, CHP

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Officer Jon Relles, CHP Officer Todd Barrett and Howard Sommers Towing, Inc.

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be dismissed on the merits, and that defendants State of California, acting by and

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through the CHP, CHP Officer Jon Relles, CHP Officer Todd Barrett and Howard

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Sommers Towing, Inc. recover their costs.

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DATED: January 10, 2017

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Hon. Dean D. Pregerson

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United States District Judge

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