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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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ORDER – No. 18-cv-06168-LB

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

FERNANDO MIGUEL SORIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-06168-LB

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT 

JUSTIN LINN'S MOTION TO DISMISS

CLAIM SIX

Re: ECF No. 57

The plaintiff Fernando Miguel Soria claims that four Alameda County deputy sheriffs violated 

his civil rights while he was a pretrial detainee at Santa Rita jail.1

Defendant Justin Linn moved to dismiss claim six—charging Eighth Amendment violations 

based on the deputies’ conduct—for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

12(b).2 The plaintiff did not oppose the motion.3 The court can decide the motion without oral 

 

1 Compl. – ECF No. 1. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint 

citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of documents. In response to a similar 

motion raised by another defendant (Sarah Krause), the court dismissed claim six, the Eighth 

Amendment claim, because as a pretrial detainee, Mr. Soria’s claim for his injuries arises under the 

Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, not the Eighth Amendment. Order – ECF No. 54 at 8.

2 Linn Mot. – ECF No. 57-1 at 3.

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argument under Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). The court grants the motion to dismiss claim six for the 

reasons stated in the earlier order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 11, 2019

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LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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