Borges
Borges v. County of Mendocino
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANN MARIE BORGES, et al., Case No. 20-cv-04537-SI
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANTS
v. JOHN MCCOWEN, GEORGEANN
CROSKEY AND CARRE BROWN
COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, et al., WITHOUT PREJUDICE Defendants. Re: Dkt. No.
12 Defendants have filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings, and that motion is scheduled for a hearing on July 9, 2021. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), the Court determines that the matter is appropriate for resolution without oral argument and VACATES the hearing. Defendants John McCowen, Carre Brown, and Georgeanne Croskey assert that they have been sued in their official capacities, and thus that plaintiffs’ claims against them should be dismissed with prejudice because the official capacity claims are redundant of plaintiffs’ claims against the County of Mendocino. See Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. v. Los Angeles County Sheriff Dep’t, 533 F.3d 780, 799 (9th Cir. 2008) (“When both a…