Pries
Pries v. City of Antioch
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CODY PRIES, Plaintiff, No. C 21-04890 WHA
v.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, PAUL ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS
MANAUT, ELIZABETH
HOLLANDBERRY, and DOES 1–50, Defendants.
16 INTRODUCTION In this Section 1983 action, plaintiff asserts that defendants violated the federal constitution and California statutes by denying him medical care while he was in custody. Defendants move to dismiss. For the reasons that follow, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. STATEMENT Plaintiff Cody Pries was arrested on May 10, 2020. During that arrest, a police dog bit plaintiff on his upper right back, which created a wound. The police took plaintiff to have his wounds cleaned at John Muir Hospital, and he was subsequently detained at West County Detention Facility. During the following weeks of detention, plaintiff’s dog-bite wound developed an infection. Plaintiff alleges…