Casey
Casey v. City of Santa Rosa
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBERT CASEY, Case No. 4:18-cv-07731-KAW
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT
v. COUNTY OF SONOMA AND GREG SCHMIDT'S MOTION TO DISMISS CITY OF SANTA ROSA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 39 Defendants.
12 On July 24, 2019, Defendants Greg Schmidt and the County of Sonoma filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s third amended complaint. On September 5, 2019, the Court held a hearing, and, after careful consideration of the parties’ arguments and the applicable legal authority, for the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART the motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND On June 1, 2018, Plaintiff Robert Casey was detained and arrested in Santa Rosa, California. (Third Am. Compl., “TAC,” Dkt No. 37 ¶ 16.) Plaintiff alleges that he was searching for his runaway dog with the help of a stranger along a trail when Defendant officers from the…