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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIONNE SMITH-DOWNS and 

JAMES E. RIVERA, SR.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF STOCKTON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:10-cv-02495-MCE-CKD

ORDER

Plaintiffs Dionne Smith-Downs and James E. Rivera, Sr. (“Plaintiffs”) filed this 

lawsuit both individually and on behalf of their deceased son, James E. Rivera, Jr. The 

action is currently stayed, see ECF No. 60, and there are two motions pending before 

the Court, see ECF Nos. 53, 67. 

First, because the City of Stockton received a discharge of its debts on 

February 25, 2015, the stay currently in place in this action is LIFTED.

Second, Defendants City of Stockton, Chief Ulring, and Police Officers Azarvand 

and Dunn have filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (ECF No. 67).1 The Motion 

specifically requests that the Court dismiss (1) Plaintiff’s third cause of action, 

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 Because oral argument on the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings would not have been of 

material assistance, the Court ordered this matter submitted on the briefs. E.D. Cal. Local. R. 230(g). 

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(2) Defendants City of Stockton and Chief Ulring, and (3) the official-capacity claims 

against Azarvand and Dunn. Plaintiffs filed a Statement of Non-Opposition to the Motion

for Judgment on the Pleadings (ECF No. 70). In light of Plaintiff’s Statement of 

Non-Opposition, the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is GRANTED.

Third, before the Court stayed this action in July 2012, Defendants Moore and 

Nesbit filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Fifth Amended Complaint (ECF No. 53). 

Because more than three years have passed since it was filed, the Motion to Dismiss is 

DENIED without prejudice.

Accordingly:

1. The stay currently in place in this action is LIFTED.

2. The Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings filed April 17, 2015 (ECF No. 67) is 

GRANTED. 

3. The third cause of action in Plaintiff’s Fifth Amended Complaint and 

Defendants City of Stockton and Chief Ulring are DISMISSED. The Clerk of the Court is 

directed to DISMISS Defendants City of Stockton and Chief Ulring from this action.

4. The claims against Defendants Officer Azarvand and Officer Dunn in their 

official capacities are DISMISSED. 

5. The Motion to Dismiss filed April 3, 2012 (ECF No. 53), is DENIED without 

prejudice. 

6. The remaining parties are hereby required to file a Joint Status Report within 

thirty (30) days of the date that this Order is electronically filed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 25, 2015

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