Arellano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEPHEN ARELLANO, et al., Case No. 24-cv-02250-WHO

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

v. DISMISS

DIANA BECTON, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 10, 11, 12, 14 Defendants.

This case arises from the killing of plaintiff Stephen Arellano’s son, Thomas, by Gerald Delgado. Plaintiff (hereafter “Stephen”) believes that the criminal justice system failed him and his family. He contends the police failed to investigate the killing properly. He asserts that the District Attorney’s office failed to investigate and properly charge and then prosecute Delgado, and then failed to follow the wishes of Stephen and other family members when the prosecution entered into a plea deal with Delgado. He believes that Delgado should have been in jail at the time of the killing, but was not as a result of charging decisions the District Attorney made in prior cases. Finally, he argues that judicial officers in the Superior Court of Contra Costa County colluded…