LOS ANGELES (CN) — Officers with the Garden Grove, California, police department failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss the unlawful arrest claim by a man who says he was apprehended while lying in bed after his 10-year-old daughter called 911 because she thought he was having a medical emergency.
U.S. District Otis Wright II denied in part the police officers motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Christian Alcala, a plumber who was at home with his minor children the evening of his arrest while his wife worked a night shift.
On March 8, 2024, Alcala’s daughter noticed that he was making strange noises in his sleep and that he looked unusual. She called 911 because she thought her father was in need of emergency medical attention…