Quintanar, Jr. v. County of Stanislaus

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDUARDO QUINTANAR, Jr., No. 1:18-cv-01403-DJC-BAM Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, et al., Defendants. 16 This action concerns Plaintiff’s arrest and prosecution by Defendants in connection with the alleged murder of Korey Kauffman. Plaintiff raises a number of claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California state law based on his arrest and the investigation that preceded it. Presently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss some of the claims raised in the Third Amended Complaint. (Defs.’ Mot. (ECF No. 84).) For the reasons stated below, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. I. Background Plaintiff, along with Daljit and Baljit Athwal, two local business owners with whom Plaintiff was friends, were arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Korey Kauffman. The Athwals’ arrest was based on the theory that criminal defense attorney Frank…