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 CITY DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTIONS TO DISMISS
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, LISA WEDEKING-WHITE, SANTOS (Doc. No. 23) LUEVANO, and DOES 1-10 inclusive,
Defendants
13 14 This is a civil rights lawsuit by Plaintiff Byron Willis against the City of Bakersfield (“the City”), City Police Officers Lisa Wedeking-White (“Wedeking-White”) and Santos Luevano (“Luevano”) that arises from the arrest of Willis by City law enforcement officers. Defendants removed this case from the Kern County Superior Court. Following an order of dismissal, the current Complaint is the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), which includes state law claims for false imprisonment/false arrest and malicious prosecution and a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. Currently pending before the Court is Defendants’ Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted. 23 …