Johnson v. City of La Mesa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AMAURIE JOHNSON, Case No.: 20cv1461 JM (RBB)

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’

CITY OF LA MESA; MATT DAGES;

MOTION TO DISMISS

and DOES 1-6, 15 Defendants. 16

Defendants move to dismiss Plaintiff’s claim against La Mesa Police Officer Matt Dages for violation of the Ralph Civil Rights Act, CAL. CIV. CODE § 51.7. (Doc. No. 5-1.) The motion has been fully briefed and the court finds it suitable for submission without oral argument in accordance with Civil Local Rule 7.1(d)(1). For the below reasons, the motion is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART. I. BACKGROUND According to his Complaint, Plaintiff was standing in front of the parking lot of a luxury apartment complex in La Mesa waiting for his friends to return from the store. (¶ 6.) Officer Dages, who was working on a nearby trolley platform, approached Plaintiff and asked him why he was standing there and whether he was smoking weed. (¶ 9.) The interaction resulted in…