Ross
Ross v. County of Lake
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANDRE M. ROSS, Case No. 24-cv-09475-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 17 COUNTY OF LAKE, et al., Defendants.
12 On December 30, 2024, Andre M. Ross sued County of Lake, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and individuals employed by these agencies. Mr. Ross alleges violations of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when Defendants tagged his car for abatement, arrested him, and completed jail booking procedures. Now pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Having carefully considered the parties submissions, and with the benefit of oral argument on May 22, 2025, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss with leave to amend in part. COMPLAINT ALLEGATIONS At approximately 9:00 p.m. on August 23, 2023, Mr. Ross “confronted an adult male intruder on the Premises [his home in County of Lake] who had broken into a locked motor vehicle thereby setting off the vehicle’s alarm.” (Dkt. No.…