Johnson v. County of Santa Clara

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

ANDREW LEE JOHNSON,

Case No. 5:18-cv-06264-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER RE MOTIONS TO DISMISS v. Re: ECF Nos. 60, 67 COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, et al., 8 Defendants.

Plaintiff Andrew Lee Johnson has brought suit against the City of San Jose, several police officers in the city police department (“SJPD”), Santa Clara County, and multiple deputies employed by the county for alleged civil rights violations arising from his 2014 arrest, three-year pretrial detention, and eventual acquittal on charges of attempted murder. The Court previously dismissed the original complaint and granted Johnson leave to amend. ECF No. 57. The court now considers two motions to dismiss the First Amended Complaint (the “FAC”). One, filed by the City of San Jose (the “City”) and police officers Marco Monzon, Jamie Hall, and Trent Tessler (collectively, “City Defendants”) (ECF No. 60), seeks to…