Willis
Willis v. City of Bakersfield
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BYRON WILLIS, CASE NO. 1:21-CV-1077 AWI JLT
Plaintiff
ORDER ON COUNTY DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION TO DISMISS and CITY
DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al., AND STRIKE
Defendants (Doc. Nos. 10, 12, 13) 12 This is a civil rights lawsuit by Plaintiff Byron Willis against the City of Bakersfield (“the City”), Kern County (“the County”), the Kern County District Attorney’s Office (“DAO”) and associated personnel and agencies that arises from the arrest of Willis by law enforcement officers from the City. Defendants removed this case from the Kern County Superior Court. Currently pending before the Court are a motion to dismiss by the County Defendants1 and a motion to dismiss and a SLAPP motion to strike by the City Defendants. For the reasons that follow, the motions to dismiss will be granted and the motion to strike will be denied as moot. 20 FACTUAL BACKGROUND On December 3, 2019,…