Kierra Brown v. City Of Oakland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JASMINE GAFFETT, et al., Case No. 21-cv-02881-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART MOTION TO CITY OF OAKLAND, et al., DISMISS 13 Defendants.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs were injured by police while protesting police brutality last summer. They sued the unknown law enforcement officers who injured them, the Oakland Police Department and some of its leaders, and Alameda County and its Sheriff, Gregory Ahern. Alameda County and Sheriff Ahern move to dismiss. They argue Plaintiffs cannot show they will likely be injured again, or that the County can be held liable for its deputies’ actions in this case. Neither of Defendants’ arguments supply sufficient grounds to dismiss Plaintiffs’ core claims. Plaintiffs adequately plead that Defendants’ failure to train, for example, may give rise to liability. However, Defendants are correct that Plaintiffs…