Robert A. Cotton v. County of San Bernardino

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTERN DIVISION 11 ROBERT A. COTTON, ) No. EDCV 18-2343-VAP (AGR) ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) 13 v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) 14 COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, et ) al., ) 15 ) Defendants. ) 16 ) ) 17

I. Procedural History

18 On October 31, 2018, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a 19 civil rights complaint. Plaintiff sued the following 14 defendants: (1) County of San 20 Bernardino (“County”); (2) Sheriff John McMahon; (3) City of San Bernardino (“City”); 21 (4) San Bernardino Police Department (“SBPD”) Officer Barba; (5) SBPD Officer 22 Guzman; (6) SBPD Officer E. Thomas; (7) SBPD Lieutenant Pellis; (8) SBPD Sergeant 23 J. Echevarra; (9) SBPD Sergeant Arnola; (10) SBPD Officer S. Woolbright; (11) SBPD 24 Officer J. Gomez; (12) California Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) Director Jean 25 Shiomoto; (13) A&G Towing, Inc.; and (14) American Towing Service,…