Allums

Dennis Bruce Allums v. Bay Area Rapid Transit

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaDecember 23, 20253:25-cv-08837California4,811 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DENNIS BRUCE ALLUMS, Case No. 25-cv-08837-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT, Re: ECF No. 10 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION This pro se civil-rights action arises out of an April 28, 2025, incident at BART’s El Cerrito Plaza station, where the plaintiff, a sixty-five-year-old disabled individual, alleges that he was discriminated against based on his disability. A station agent allegedly seized his Clipper card, mocked him after he explained his disability-related memory impairments, and effectively detained him unlawfully and subjected him to retaliation, thereby impeding his access to BART. BART police refused to document what he viewed as theft, falsely claimed there was no video, and offered him a bribe to drop his complaint. The plaintiff asserts disability…

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