Brown
Brown v. City Of San Jose
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STACEY KATZ BROWN, Case No. 24-cv-00044-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
CITY OF SAN JOSÉ, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 18 Defendants.
In this civil rights action, plaintiff Stacey Katz Brown alleges that the City of San José, along with Mayor Mahan and his chief-of-staff James Reed, violated her due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by disseminating false statements accusing her of leaking Mayor Mahan’s planned vice mayoral nominee and denying her an opportunity to respond and clear her name. According to the complaint, defendants’ conduct so stigmatized Brown as to prevent her from obtaining new employment. Defendants move to dismiss Brown’s claims under Rule 12(b)(6), contending that she fails to state any valid causes of action. For the reasons that follow, the Court grants defendants’ motion with leave to amend. BACKGROUND1 Plaintiff Stacey Katz…