Williams v. City of Pleasanton
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELLEN WILLIAMS, Case No. 20-cv-08720-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS
CITY OF PLEASANTON, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 35, 56 Defendants.
The two sets of defendants in this case move to dismiss because plaintiff Ellen Williams’s claims are not permissible or adequately pleaded. Dkt. Nos. 35, 36. Williams admits that some of the claims should be dismissed with prejudice and essentially admits that other claims are inadequately pleaded by relying on a declaration attesting to facts not alleged in the Complaint. Dkt. Nos. 51, 57. The motions to dismiss are GRANTED. Williams is given leave to amend only the claims identified below. BACKGROUND Williams (also known as Ellen Girma) filed this civil rights case arising out of her arrest on November 14, 2019, at ValleyCare Medical Center (“VCMC”) in Pleasanton. Complaint, Dkt. No. 17, ¶ 33. That day she visited VCMC to see her…