Hawkins

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT YAROSLAVSKY’S MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

This matter comes before the Court on a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs first amended complaint filed by defendants Yaroslavsky, Antonovich, Burke, Knabe, and Molina. These five defendants are members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. After reviewing and considering the materials submitted by the parties and hearing oral argument, the Court adopts the following order.

BACKGROUND

This motion arises out of a complaint filed by Ronnie C. Hawkins against Los Angeles County Sheriff Le Roy Baca, five deputy sheriffs, fifty unknown sheriffs department employees (“Unknown Named Defendants”), and the five members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (the “Supervisors”). This particular motion to dismiss is brought by the Supervisors only.

According to the complaint, the relevant facts are as follows. At the time of the incident giving rise to this complaint, Hawkins was a pretrial detainee in the custody of the defendants at the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail. (First Amended Compl. ¶ 10.) In addition to representing himself in a criminal action, he was also a…