Bailey v. City of North Las Vegas Police Department et al

Filing 69

ORDER Granting 65 Motion for Summary Judgment. Clerk shall enter judgment in favor of Defendants Enriquez and Winfield and against Plaintiff Anthony Bailey. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 4/28/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ASB)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 *** 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ANTHONY BAILEY, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF ) ) NEVADA, OFFICER WINFIELD #2244, OFFICER SAM ENRIQUEZ ) #1560, ) ) Defendants. ) ) 2:10-CV-01398-PMP-LRL ORDER 14 15 Before the Court for consideration is Defendants’ Motion for Summary 16 Judgment of Officer Kenneth Winfield and Officer Sam Enriquez (Doc. #65) filed 17 April 5, 2011. The motion is fully briefed and the Court finds that Defendants 18 Winfield and Enriquez are entitled to the relief requested. 19 Specifically, the undisputed facts presented in the record in this case 20 demonstrate clearly that Defendant Officers Winfield and Enriquez acted 21 constitutionally throughout the incident giving rise to this action. Additionally, 22 Defendant Officers Winfield and Enriquez are entitled to qualified immunity thereby 23 insulating them from liability for damages because their conduct did not violate 24 clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of the Plaintiff. Pearson v. 25 Callahan, 129 S.Ct. 808, 815 (U.S. 2009). Moreover, for the reasons set forth in 26 Defendants motion, Defendant Officers Winfield and Enriquez are entitled to 1 2 discretionary immunity with respect to Plaintiff’s state law claims. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Summary 3 Judgment of Officer Kenneth Winfield and Officer Sam Enriquez (Doc. #65) is 4 GRANTED. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that judgment shall forthwith be entered 6 by the Clerk of Court in favor of Defendants’ Officer Kenneth Winfield and Officer 7 Sam Enriquez and against Plaintiff Anthony Bailey. 8 9 DATED: April 28, 2011. 10 11 12 PHILIP M. PRO United States District Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2

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