Lawson

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 MICHELLE CHARMAINE LAWSON, CASE NO. 18-cv-07238-YGR

7 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING

8 vs. IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS

9 CITY OF ARCATA, ET AL., Re: Dkt. No. 43 10 Defendants.

11 12 Plaintiff Michelle Charmaine Lawson brings this action against defendants City of Arcata 13 (the “City”), former Chief of Police for the Arcata Police Department (“APD”) Thomas Chapman, 14 Lieutenant and Detective Sergeant for the City Tod Dokweiler, Detective for the City Eric Losey, 15 Police Officer for the City Krystle Arminio, City Manager for the City Karen Diemer, and Does 1 16 through 100 asserting eight causes of action arising out of the death of her son, David Josiah 17 Lawson (“Mr. Lawson”).1 (Dkt. No. 33 (“SAC”).) Now before the Court is defendants’ motion to 18 dismiss plaintiff’s SAC for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 12(b)(6).2 (Dkt. No. 43 (“MTD”).) 20

21 1 The SAC includes four federal claims – (1) denial of equal…