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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIE DENNIS, JR.,

Plaintiff,

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OFFICER CLARENCE MABANAG, et al.,

Defendants. ____________________________________

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No. C 04-4824 SBA (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff Willie Dennis, Jr. is a state prisoner who is currently incarcerated at Avenal State

Prison. He filed this pro se action in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the

County of Alameda against Defendants Oakland Police Officers Clarence Mabanag and Tam Dinh

and the City of Oakland seeking damages for various violations of state and federal law. 

On November 12, 2004, Defendants removed the action to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1441(b). It was designated as a prisoner civil rights action and assigned to Magistrate Judge

Elizabeth D. Laporte.

Upon review of the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Magistrate Judge Laporte

dismissed with prejudice Plaintiff's state law claims for failure to timely file notice under the

California Torts Claims Act, dismissed with prejudice his federal claim of excessive force as timebarred, and dismissed with leave to amend his federal claims of violations of the First, Fourth and

Fourteenth Amendments upon finding that Plaintiff's allegations did not support a theory of liability

for arrest without probable cause and racial profiling against Defendants. Plaintiff was directed to

file an amended complaint to cure the pleading deficiencies. 

On May 4, 2005, this case was assigned to the undersigned for all further proceedings.

Plaintiff filed his amended complaint on May 31, 2005. The Court has reviewed the

amended complaint and finds that it does not cure the pleading deficiencies identified in the Court's

Order dismissing the complaint with leave to amend. The amended complaint simply reiterates the

basis for Plaintiff's federal claims without alleging sufficient facts. Magistrate Judge Laporte has

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previously determined that Plaintiff's allegations fail to state a cognizable claim, stating:

Plaintiff references the First Amendment, but has not made any allegations

that support such a violation. He also identifies the Fourth Amendment, but to the

extent that his false arrest claim rests on his claim that he was subjected to racial

profiling, it would be cognizable under the Fourteenth Amendment, not the

Fourth. Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 813 (1996). It is possible that he

is also contending that he was arrested without probable cause, because although

he says the officers told him he was stopped for having his car lights out (which is

a proper basis for a stop), he also alleges somewhat unclearly that his running

lights are always on. He may be able to state a claim of racial profiling, but has

not yet alleged sufficient facts to do so. 

(Mar. 15, 2005 Order at 2.) The Court finds that Plaintiff again fails to state sufficient facts to

support his claims in his amended complaint; therefore, his allegations against all named Defendants

do not state a claim for which relief may be granted. 

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons and good cause shown, the Court orders as follows:

1. Plaintiff's complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice and without further leave to

amend.

2. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment in accordance with this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 12/24/07 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENNIS et al,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MABANAG et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV04-04824 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 7, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Willie Dennis T-56859

Avenal State Prison

P.O. Box 9

Avenal, CA 93204

Dated: January 7, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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