Yates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ZACHARY YATES, Case No. 23-cv-01812-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO

v. DISMISS

SONOMA COUNTY, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 37, 38 Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court are Defendants’ motions to dismiss. See Dkt. Nos. 37, 38. The Court finds these matters appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matters are deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendants’ motions to dismiss. I. LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) requires that a complaint contain “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2). A defendant may move to dismiss a complaint for failing to state a claim upon which relief can be granted under Rule 12(b)(6). “Dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) is appropriate only where…