A San Antonio woman has dropped a federal civil rights lawsuit she filed last year against VIA Metropolitan Transit’s police force, alleging that an officer hit her in the ribs and twisted her arm in a Whataburger drive-thru because he falsely believed she was driving a stolen vehicle.
The woman, Valerie Elizondo, filed a notice of nonsuit in February and terminated her representation by attorney Cal Mundell of El Paso, according to court documents.
VIA did not reach any kind of settlement or agreement with Elizondo, said Josh Baugh, a spokesman for the transit agency…