Godfrey v. Ross

Full title: MICAH GODFREY, Plaintiff, v. TONY ROSS, CITY OF TULELAKE, DAN SILVA…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Jan 30, 2012

NO. CIV. 2:11-2308 WBS EFB (E.D. Cal. Jan. 30, 2012)

Opinion

NO. CIV. 2:11-2308 WBS EFB

01-30-2012

MICAH GODFREY, Plaintiff, v. TONY ROSS, CITY OF TULELAKE, DAN SILVA, SISKIYOU COUNTY, TRAVIS HALL, TERRY HARRIS, LAURA BELLASALMA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ERIN MARTIN and ROSS MARKET, Defendants.

WILLIAM B. SHUBB

ORDER RE: SISKIYOU COUNTY'S MOTION TO DISMISS THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND CITY OF

TULELAKE'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO STRIKE THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

Plaintiff Micah Godfrey brought this action against defendants Tony Ross, City of Tulelake (the "City"), Dan Silva, Siskiyou County (the "County"), Travis Hall, Terry Harris, Laura Bellasalma, United States of America, Erin Martin, and Ross Market arising out of defendants' allegedly wrongful violation of plaintiff's Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Presently before the court are the County's motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint ("FAC") pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b), (Docket No. 35), and the City's motion to dismiss the FAC pursuant to Rule 12(b) and motion to strike paragraph six of the FAC, (Docket No. 39).

Plaintiff concedes that the FAC does not state a claim against either the City or County. (Concession to Cnty. of Siskiyou's Mot. to Dismiss ("Cnty. Concession") at 3:3-5 (Docket No. 44); Concession to City of Tulelake's Mot. to Dismiss ("City Concession") at 3:9-12 (Docket No. 45).) Plaintiff states that the only reason the City and the County appear in the FAC is that he inadvertently left references to them in paragraphs six and eight of the FAC. (Cnty. Concession at 3:7-9; City Concession at 3:14-15.) Accordingly, the court will grant the City's and the County's motions to dismiss.

Plaintiff also concedes that paragraph six should be striken from the FAC because the City cannot be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the acts of its employee, Tony Ross. (City Concession at 3:25-4:2.) Accordingly, the court will grant the City's motion to strike paragraph six of the FAC.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Siskiyou County's motion to dismiss be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE; the City of Tulelake's motion to dismiss be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE; and the City of Tulelake's motion to strike paragraph six of the FAC be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED.

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WILLIAM B. SHUBB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE