Collins
Collins v. County of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEVIN COLLINS, Case No. 20-cv-05477-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST
AMENDED COMPLAINT
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Docket No. 12 Defendants.
12 13 Plaintiff Kevin Collins was arrested and imprisoned for the shooting of a prostitute, Radajsha Briggs, on December 7, 2017. Almost two years later, Mr. Collins was released and the charges against him dismissed. Mr. Collins thereafter filed suit, asserting a violation of his rights under both federal and state law, including but not limited to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mr. Collins has sued Alameda County, the County DA (Nancy O’Malley), and a DDA (Ashley Carvolth). He has also sued the City of Oakland, the Chief of Police (Anne Kirkpatrick), and various individual police officers. Currently pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss the operative first amended complaint (“FAC”) filed by Alameda County, Ms. O’Malley, and Ms. Carvolth …