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Nature of Suit Code: 441
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Voting
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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ORDER (No. 3:11-cv-04971-LB)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

CALLIE MAIDHOF, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MITCHELL CELAYA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:11-cv-04971-LB 

ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT AND DISMISSING 

CLAIMS AGAINST MITCHELL 

CELAYA

Re: ECF Nos. 72 & 85

The plaintiffs filed this putative class action on behalf of 66 arrested students alleging Fourth

Amendment violations during a student protest at the University of California, Berkeley on 

December 11, 2009. (First Am. Compl., ECF No. 14 at 2-3, 14.1) The court granted in part and 

denied in part the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, leaving only a First Amendment

retaliation claim against University of California Police Department Chief Mitchell Celaya. 

(Order, ECF No. 72 at 17.) Chief Celaya filed an interlocutory appeal to the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on the ground of qualified immunity. (Notice of Appeal, ECF No. 

73 at 1-2.)

 

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The Ninth Circuit reversed this court’s denial of summary judgment as to Chief Celaya and 

remanded with instructions to dismiss the claims against him. Maidhof v. Celaya, No. 13-16800, 

slip op. at 9 (9th Cir. Feb. 25, 2016). The mandate issued on April 27, 2016. (See ECF No. 93.)

The court therefore vacates its previous order, grants Chief Celaya’s motion for summary 

judgment on the ground of qualified immunity, and dismisses the claims against him with 

prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 28, 2016

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LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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