Whittington

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN JOSEPH WHITTINGTON JR., Case No.: 21cv1224 DMS (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER (1) GRANTING MOTIONS

v. TO DISMISS FILED BY

DEFENDANTS WILLIS, BUBIS,

LISA DEINES; JENNIFER ROSE; et al.,

AND ZABACK, AND (2) DENYING

Defendants. AS MOOT MOTION TO DISMISS

FILED BE DEFENDANTS

VILLAFANA AND JOHNSON

17 On July 7, 2021, pro se Plaintiff John Joseph Whittington, Jr., filed the present case in this Court. Plaintiff’s initial 70-page “Complaint” named Lisa Deines and Jennifer Rose as Defendants, both of whom are alleged to be employees of the County of San Diego’s Child Welfare Services. Plaintiff alleged Deines and Rose removed Plaintiff’s son Joseph Carson Whittington from the custody of Joseph’s mother Haeleigh Autumn Herring pursuant to a protective custody warrant issued by the state court. Plaintiff’s legal claims were difficult to decipher, but a liberal construction of the “Complaint” suggested he…