Dorotik

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 JANE DOROTIK, Case No.: 23-CV-1045-CAB-DDL

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING-IN-PART AND

v. DENYING-IN-PART MOTION TO

DISMISS

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al,

Defendants. [Doc. No. 14] 19 In 2001, a state court jury found Plaintiff Jane Dorotik guilty of murdering her husband, and she was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. On July 24, 2020, the state court vacated Plaintiff’s conviction after new DNA testing discovered DNA from someone other than Plaintiff. In October 2020, the state decided to re-prosecute Plaintiff, but it subsequently moved to drop the charges, which the state court granted on May 16, 2022. After filing a claim with the County in November 2022 which was rejected, Plaintiff filed this lawsuit on June 5, 2023. The complaint asserts claims for violations of Plaintiff’s constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, along with equivalent claims under California law,…