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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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[Proposed] Order Granting Motion to Dismiss

James J. Arendt, Esq. Bar No. 142937

Michael R. Linden, Esq. Bar No. 192485

THE LAW FIRM OF

WEAKLEY, RATLIFF,

ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176

Fresno, California 93710

Telephone: (559) 221-5256

Facsimile: (559) 221-5262

Attorneys for Defendant COUNTY OF MADERA

UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

BLANCA MARTINEZ, ALEJANDRO

FUENTES, et al. 

Plaintiffs.

vs.

COUNTY OF MADERA, et al. 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. CIV-F-04-5919 OWW SMS

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT,

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

Defendant COUNTY OF MADERA’s Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint

(“FAC”) of plaintiffs Blanca Martinez, Alejandro Fuentes, David Fuentes, Delmy Gonzalez, Sera

Mena, Martha Iniguez, Noemi Zuelma-Castillos, Blanca Fuentes, Marlene Johnson, Rosalina

Fuentes, Moises I. Fuentes, Jr., and Ana P. Fuentes (collectively hereinafter referred to as

“Plaintiffs”), pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”), Rule 12(b)(6), or

alternatively, Motion for a More Definite Statement under FRCP 12(e), came for a hearing before

the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California, on Monday, October 3, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. The moving defendant was

represented at the hearing by Michael R. Linden, Esq., of the Law Firm of Weakley, Ratliff, Arendt

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& McGuire, LLP. Plaintiffs’ counsel was not present at the hearing, but filed a Statement of NonOpposition prior to the hearing. 

After full consideration of the moving papers, as well as representations made by counsel

for the moving defendant at the hearing, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims pursuant to a survival action, on the basis of a lack

of standing, is granted with leave to amend.

The motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims pursuant to a wrongful death action, on the basis

of a lack of standing, is granted with leave to amend.

The motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Federal claims against defendant County of Madera,

pursuant to Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), is granted with leave to

amend. 

The motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ state law claims against defendant County of Madera for

failure to allege compliance with the California Tort Claims Act is granted, with leave to amend.

The motion for a more definite statement is denied as moot.

Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint shall be filed and served within ten (10) days of the

Notice of Entry of this Order.

It is so Ordered.

DATED this _8__ day of NOVEMBER, 2005.

__/s/ OLIVER WANGER__________

The Honorable Oliver W. Wanger

Judge of the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of California

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