Kastis

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 DIMITRIOS KASTIS, No. 1:18-cv-01325-DAD-BAM 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS IN PART

13 JOE ALVARADO, et al., (Doc. No. 40) 14 Defendants.

15 16 This matter is before the court on a motion to dismiss certain claims from plaintiff 17 Dimitrios Kastis’ third amended complaint (“TAC”) brought on behalf of defendants Joe 18 Alvarado, Matt Basgall, and the City of Clovis (“the City”) (collectively, “defendants”). (Doc. 19 No. 40.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the 20 COVID-19 outbreak, the motion was taken under submission for decision on the papers. (Doc. 21 No. 41.) The court has considered the parties’ briefs, and for the reasons set forth below, will 22 grant defendants’ motion to dismiss in part. 23 BACKGROUND 24 In his TAC, plaintiff alleges as follows. The Clovis Police Department (“CPD”) is an 25 agency of the City. (Doc. No. 39 (“TAC”)…