Maude

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERIN K. MAUDE, Case No. 22-cv-03405-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 41 CIRO BARBOZA, et al., Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Ciro Barboza’s motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 41. 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 DENIES the motion. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Erin K. Maude initially filed this action pro se in June 2022. Dkt. No. 1. She is now represented by counsel and has filed an amended complaint. Dkt. No. 37 (“FAC”). Plaintiff alleges that her children were forcibly removed from her custody without notice or opportunity for a hearing. Id. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that in in 2020 her two children told her that they had been sexually molested and abused by their stepmother, the wife of Plaintiff’s ex-husband. See …