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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRIAN BEST, Case No. 19-cv-02252-YGR

Plaintiff, ORDER (1) GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

AMENDED COMPLAINT, OR IN THE

v. ALTERNATIVE, MOTION FOR A MORE

DEFINITE STATEMENT, AND (2) GRANTING

SONOMA COUNTY SHEIRFFS DEPARTMENT, IN PART AND DENYING IN PART REQUEST

ET. AL., FOR LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT

11 Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 34, 40

13 Plaintiff Brian Best brings this action against defendants Sonoma County Sheriffs 14 Department, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, and the Sonoma County District 15 Attorney’s Office (collectively, “Sonoma County”), and “John Doe” (a sheriffs deputy), alleging 16 violations of his constitutional rights under the Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the 17 United States Constitution, and for state claims based on assault, battery, excessive force, 18 negligence, and torture. 19 Now before the Court are the following motions: First, Sonoma County moves to dismiss 20 Best’s amended…