(PS) Lull v. County of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CHRISTOPHER LULL, No. 2:18-cv-1020-MCE-EFB PS Plaintiffs, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., Defendants. 15 This case was before the court on February 6, 2019, for hearing on defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s first amended complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(6). ECF No. 17. Attorney Jonathan Paul appeared on behalf of defendants, and plaintiff appeared pro se. For the following reasons, it is recommended that defendants’ motion be granted in part and denied in part. I. Factual Allegations According to the first amended complaint, plaintiff owns commercial property located in the County of Sacramento. ECF No. 16 at 3. In January 2017, he allegedly contacted the defendants and requested to pay his assessed property taxes in one-dollar bills as a method for protesting and criticizing elected government officials. Id. at 4. Defendants agreed to…