Zuegel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 JAMES R. ZUEGEL, Case No. 21-cv-07538-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOUNTAIN

v. VIEW DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO

DISMISS WITHOUT LEAVE TO

MARCO GARCIA, et al., AMEND Defendants. [Re: ECF No. 16]

12 Déjà vu. In this case, Plaintiff James Zuegel alleges multiple violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Defendants City of Mountain View and Mountain View police officers Marco Garcia, Patrick Ward, and Britton Moore arising out of Zuegel’s warrantless arrest on June 7, 2015. Zuegel himself characterizes this case as a “follow-on” to a previous case before this Court in which the Court dismissed similar § 1983 claims as barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), and in which Zuegel eventually prevailed on other claims before a jury. See Zuegel v. Mountain View Police Dep’t, No. 17-cv-3249 (N.D. Cal., filed Jun. 6, 2017) (“Zuegel I”). Understandably, Defendants…