Gettings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JIMMY GETTINGS, No. 2:21-cv-01139-DJC-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER

COUNTY OF SHASTA, et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) raises claims against Defendants based on Plaintiff’s contact with Shasta County Sheriff’s Deputies and Animal Control Officers in three separate incidents in July 2019. The SAC contains a number of claims but centrally contends that the officers involved in these events unlawfully searched and seized Plaintiff, utilized excessive force, and ultimately initiated malicious prosecutions of Plaintiff. Defendants now move to dismiss Plaintiff’s SAC. (ECF No. 40.) For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 40). //// //// //// BACKGROUND I. Procedural Background Plaintiff originally filed this action pro se on June 28, 2021. (See ECF No. 1.) 4 …