Ward
Ward v. County of San Diego
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 23CV1819 BJC (BLM) 11 WILLIAM HOWARD WARD,
12 Plaintiff, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION FOR
AN ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
13 v. MOTION TO DISMISS
14 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al., [ECF No. 29] 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 This Report and Recommendation is submitted to United States District Judge Benjamin 19 J. Cheeks pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Civil Local Rules 72.1(c) and 72.3(f) of the United 20 States District Court for the Southern District of California. For the following reasons, the Court 21 RECOMMENDS that Defendants’ motion to dismiss be DENIED. 22 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 23 On October 2, 2023, William Howard Ward (“Plaintiff” or “Ward”) filed a Complaint 24 (“Compl.”) alleging violations of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, violation 25 of the Bane Civil Rights Act, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against 26 Defendants County of San Diego (“County”),…