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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER, State Bar #114961

Chief Trial Attorney 

PETER J. KEITH, State Bar #206482 

Deputy City Attorney 

Fox Plaza 

1390 Market Street, Sixth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-5408 

Telephone: (415) 554-3908 

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837 

E-Mail: peter.keith@sfgov.org 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHNNIE DAVIS, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO; CHIEF OF POLICE 

PRENTICE E. SANDERS; ACTING 

AND ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE 

ALEX FAGAN, SR., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C 05 1341 MMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

DEFENDANT CITY AND COUNTY OF 

SAN FRANCISCO’S MOTION TO 

DISMISS STATE LAW CLAIMS 

Hearing Date: June 3, 2005 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Judge: Hon. M. Chesney 

Place: Crtrm. 7, 19th fl. 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco 

Defendant City and County of San Francisco has moved under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 12(b)(6) to dismiss all of Plaintiff Johnnie Davis’s claims arising under California law.

The basis for San Francisco’s motion is that Plaintiff failed to plead compliance with the Government 

Claim requirement, a prerequisite under California law for maintaining a suit for damages against a 

public entity or public employee. Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-3(a), plaintiff Johnnie Davis was required

to file opposition no later than May 13, 2005. To date, no opposition has been filed.

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Plaintiff’s Complaint alleges three state law causes of action: a Third Cause of Action for 

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; a Fourth Cause of Action for Violations of State Statutes 

(i.e., Civil Code sections 51.7 and 52); and a Fifth Cause of Action for Assault and Battery. 

Under California law, a plaintiff suing a public entity or a public employee for damages must 

first have filed a Government Claim with the public entity, and the entity must have denied such 

claim. Cal. Gov. Code §§ 905, 950.2. In a federal case, causes of action arising from California law 

are subject to this claims filing requirement and the law governing such claims. Ellis v. City of San 

Diego, 176 F.3d 1183, 1190 (9th Cir. 1999); Karim-Panahi v. LAPD, 839 F.2d 621, 627 (9th Cir. 

1988). Compliance with the Government Claim requirement must be plead. A complaint against a 

public entity that fails to plead compliance with the claim requirement fails to state facts sufficient to 

constitute a cause of action. State v. Superior Court (Bodde), 32 Cal.4th 1234, 1245, 13 Cal.Rptr.3d 

534, 543 (2004); Del Real v. City of Riverside, 95 Cal.App.4th 761, 767, 115 Cal.Rptr.2d 705, 709 

(2002).

Here, Plaintiff fails to allege compliance with the Government Claim requirement. 

Accordingly, his state law claims must be dismissed for failure to state a claim. 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, Plaintiff Johnnie Davis’s claims arising under California law, 

including Plaintiff’s Third, Fourth, and Fifth causes of action, are DISMISSED. Defendant City and 

County of San Francisco shall file its Answer to the remaining allegations of the Complaint within 

ten (10) days of entry of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ___________________________ 

__________________________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

May 20, 2005

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