Armstead

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division MELINA ARMSTEAD, et al., Case No. 21-cv-05257-LB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO

DISMISS

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 25, 26 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiffs — the wife and daughter of murder victim Miles Armstead — sued the County of Alameda and the City of Oakland for their alleged roles in Mr. Armstead’s death. Mr. Armstead’s killer, Jamal Thomas, threatened Mr. Armstead and his family for months before the murder. The plaintiffs contend that the City’s police officers increased the risk that Mr. Thomas posed to them and caused Mr. Armstead’s death by refusing to stop Mr. Thomas’s behavior (despite the Armsteads’ many 911 calls for help) and by effectively telling Mr. Thomas that they would do nothing. They contend that the County’s probation officer similarly increased the risk of harm…