Crawley

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MARCUS J CRAWLEY, Case No. 19-cv-05433-EMC

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

9 v. MOTION TO DISMISS; AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

10 CITY OF OAKLAND, MOTION TO STRIKE 11 Defendant. Docket Nos. 12, 18

12 13 14 Plaintiff Marcus Crawley has filed suit against the City of Oakland (“City”).1 Currently 15 pending before the Court is the City’s motion to dismiss and Mr. Crawley’s related motion to 16 strike. Having considered the parties’ briefs and accompanying submissions, the Court finds the 17 motions suitable for disposition without oral argument and thus VACATES the hearing on the 18 motion. The Court hereby GRANTS the motion to dismiss and DENIES in part the motion to 19 strike. 20 I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 21 Although the complaint is not a model of clarity, Mr. Crawley has, in his opposition to the 22 pending motion to dismiss, given further details explaining the basis of his lawsuit. …