Scarlett
Scarlett v. County of Santa Clara
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SIDNEY THEODORE SCARLETT, Case No. 23-cv-06649-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v.
DISMISS AND DENYING
PREFILING MOTION
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, et al., Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Sidney Theodore Scarlett has sued the County of Santa Clara and a number of other defendants1 in connection with his February 2015 arrest and subsequent criminal prosecution. See Compl. Defendants move to dismiss and move for a prefiling order deeming Scarlett a vexatious litigant. See MTD; Mot. re Vex. Litigant (dkt. 22). The Court has determined that these motions can be determined without oral argument. See Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). As explained below, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss and DENIES the prefiling motion. I. BACKGROUND2 A. Factual Background In 2014, Scarlett was fighting a foreclosure action involving his home of 32 years.
25 1 The named Defendants are: County of Santa Clara, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, 26 …