Dickerson
Dickerson v. Contra Costa County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JERMAINE DEMEL DICKERSON, Case No. 22-cv-03375-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
DISMISS
v. Re: Dkt. No. 13 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, et al., Defendants.
12 Pending before the Court is the motion to dismiss filed by Defendants Contra Costa County and David E. Goldstein. Dkt. No. 13. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Jermaine Demel Dickerson filed this legal malpractice action in June 2022. Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”). According to the complaint, in December 1998, Plaintiff pled no contest to one count of forcible rape under California Penal Code § 261(a)(2) with a deadly weapon enhancement under Penal Code § 12022.3(a). See id. at ¶¶ 1, 6–7, 43, 52–54, 56. Plaintiff was subsequently sentenced to nine years in prison, with execution…