Sweiha

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ABRAAM SWEIHA, Case No. 19-cv-03098-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

v. PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al., Re: ECF No. 9 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Abraam Sweiha, who has bipolar disorder, sued Alameda County deputies and Alameda County after the deputies responded to a 911 call, found him barricaded in his bedridden priest’s bedroom, broke down the door, and deployed their police canine, who injured Mr. Sweiha’s arm.1 Thereafter, the deputies allegedly denied him appropriate treatment for his mental illness, which caused his condition to worsen and, among other things, resulted in his confinement for a week in the County jail, where he tried to commit suicide and was placed in a safety cell.2 In his complaint, Mr. Sweiha claims (1) excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment and 42…