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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAMREE MILLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRANK MERANDA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-07323-EMC 

ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS

TO DISMISS

Docket Nos. 15, 18

Plaintiff Kamree Miller has filed suit against two CHP officers, both in their individual and 

official capacities: (1) Officer Frank Meranda and (2) Sgt. Keerat Lal (Officer Meranda’s

supervisor). The claims she has asserted against the CHP officers relate to alleged sexual 

harassment by Officer Meranda. Currently pending before the Court are two motions to dismiss, 

one filed by each officer. The Court held a hearing on the motions on February 28, 2019. At the 

hearing, Ms. Miller made representations about the sexual harassment that are not contained in her 

complaint. In light of those representations, the Court finds that the most efficient way of 

proceeding is as follows.

1. Ms. Miller has leave to file a first amended complaint (“FAC”). More specifically, 

Ms. Miller has leave to amend so that (a) she may make additional factual allegations to support 

her position that Officer Meranda acted “under color of state law” and (b) she may make 

additional factual allegations as to how long the “lull” in the harassment was (i.e., after Officer 

Meranda allegedly eased off in his harassment following the January 2015 email but then picked 

up in the harassment in December 2016). No other amendments (factual or legal) are 

permitted. 

2. Although the Court is allowing Ms. Miller to file a FAC, it is not denying 

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Defendants’ motions to dismiss on the merits. The Court shall apply all arguments in the motions 

to dismiss to the FAC. 

3. Ms. Miller shall file the FAC within two weeks of the date of this order. At the 

same time, Ms. Miller shall file a supplemental brief addressing why the new factual allegations 

(a) establish that Officer Meranda acted “under color of state law” and (b) support a continuing 

violations theory.

4. Within three weeks of the date of this order, Defendants shall file supplemental 

briefs addressing the same two issues.

5. Each party’s supplemental brief shall be no longer than seven (7) pages.

6. After receiving the supplemental briefing, the Court shall evaluate the FAC based 

on the original briefing on the motions to dismiss and on the supplemental briefs ordered herein.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 1, 2019

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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