Danielson
Danielson v. Sonoma County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GWEN DANIELSON, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08854-JCS
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
v. STAY AND MOTION TO DISMISS
COUNTY OF SONOMA, CALIFORNIA, Re: Dkt. Nos. 23, 27 et al., 11 Defendants.
12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Gwen Danielson, Emma Borhanian, Jack Lasota, and Alexander Leatham bring claims in this case based on their purportedly false arrest by Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies (Joseph Ricks and Daniel Ager—collectively with Sonoma County, the “County Defendants”) after a purportedly false complaint by Defendants Westminster Woods, Christopher Rhodes, and/or Olivia Longstaff (the “Westminster Defendants”). Plaintiffs now move to stay the case based on criminal charges that have been filed against them related to the arrests at issue. The County Defendants do not oppose the stay. The Westminster Defendants oppose the stay for the limited purpose of resolving their pending motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal …