Gastelum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CESAR GASTELUM, No. 2:24-CV-1425-DMC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 BUTTE COUNTY, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, who is proceeding with retained counsel, brings this civil action. 18 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a first amended complaint. See 19 ECF No. 20. A proposed first amended complaint has been submitted with the motion. See ECF 20 No. 20-1 (Exhibit A). Defendants Butte County, Butte County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) detective 21 Tristan Harper, and BCSO sergeant Patrick McNelis (collectively the Butte County Defendants) 22 have filed a partial opposition. See ECF No. 21. Plaintiff has filed a reply. See ECF No. 22. 23 The parties appeared before the undersigned for a hearing on October 15, 2025, via Zoom. 24 Joseph Manuel, Esq., appeared for Plaintiff. Megan Boelter, Esq., appeared for the Butte 25 County Defendants. After hearing arguments from the parties, the matter was submitted. 26 / / / 27 …