Gettings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JIMMY GETTINGS, No. 2:21-cv-01139-DJC-DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER

14 COUNTY OF SHASTA, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16

17 Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) raises claims against Defendants 18 based on Plaintiff’s contact with Shasta County Sheriff’s Deputies and Animal Control 19 Officers in three separate incidents in July 2019. The SAC contains a number of 20 claims but centrally contends that the officers involved in these events unlawfully 21 searched and seized Plaintiff, utilized excessive force, and ultimately initiated 22 malicious prosecutions of Plaintiff. Defendants now move to dismiss Plaintiff’s SAC. 23 (ECF No. 40.) 24 For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART 25 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 40). 26 //// 27 //// 28 //// 1 BACKGROUND 2 I. Procedural Background 3 Plaintiff originally filed this action pro se on June 28, 2021. (See ECF No. 1.) 4 …