Burns

ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT

[Re: ECF Nos. 71, 72, 73]

INTRODUCTION

In this action, Plaintiffs John Burns, Tammy Burns, the Estate of Charles Burns, and Bobby Lawrence sued 22 Defendants, who can be broken up into three groups: (1) the City of Concord, City of *1011 Concord Police Chief Guy Swanger, City of Concord Police Detectives Chris Loercher and Tom Parodi, and City of Concord Police Officers Mike Hansen, Steven White, Brad Giacobazzi, Danny Smith, Eduardo Montero, Steven Price, Jason Passama, Paul Miovas, Matt Cain, and Matthew Switzer (collectively, the “Concord Defendants”) 1 ; (2) the City of Antioch, City of Antioch Police Chief Allan Cantando, and City of Antioch Police Officer James Stenger (collectively, the “Antioch Defendants”); and (3) Contra Costa County, Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson, Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office employee Barry Grove, Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Kevin Bell 2 , and Contra Costa County Inspector John Co-naty (collectively, the “Contra Costa Defendants”). (Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”), ¶¶ 9-31, ECF No. 70. 3 ) Plaintiffs also sued…