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Parties Involved:
Richard Daryl Daniel
Plaintiff
Holiday Inn Select
Defendant

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ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

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R. MAC PROUT, State Bar # 101263 

SHARON B. FUTERMAN, State Bar # 124238 

PROUT• LEVANGIE 

2021 N Street 

Sacramento, CA 95811 

Tel: (916) 443-4849 

Fax: (916) 443-4855 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Holiday Inn - Select 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICHARD DARYL DANIEL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HOLIDAY INN SELECT, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 07-CV-00616 OWW TAG 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS SECOND 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

JUDGE OLIVER W. WANGER 

Defendant HOLIDAY INN – SELECT’S motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Second Amended 

Complaint came on regularly for a hearing on January 14, 2008 before the Honorable Judge 

Oliver W. Wanger. Attorney Sharon B. Futerman of Prout • Levangie appeared on behalf of 

Defendant Holiday Inn-Select. There was no appearance by Plaintiff. 

The Court, having reviewed the moving papers filed by the Defendant, noting no 

opposition was filed and having heard oral argument hereby orders as follows: 

1) Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice of the Bakersfield Police Report is denied; 

2) Defendant Holiday Inn-Select’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Second Amended 

Complaint is GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE. Plaintiff’s First Cause of Action, 

charging violation of 42 USC § 1983 fails to demonstrate any state action on the 

part of Defendant in that there are no facts alleged from which it can be inferred 

that Defendant regularly relied on police assistance or conspired with police to 

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effect Plaintiff’s arrest; 

3) Plaintiff’s claims in his Second Cause of Action, that the Defendant violated the 

Fourteenth Amendment, does not state a claim for deprivation of equal protection 

in that notwithstanding there is no state action alleged, there are no allegations that 

Plaintiff was treated differently than others similarly situated or that Plaintiff was 

treated differently because of his race or other protective status. 

4) Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Third Cause of Action Charging False Arrest, Plaintiff’s 

Fourth Cause of Action for False Imprisonment and the Fifth Cause of Action for 

Negligence is proper on the grounds that statements made to the Police are 

protected by the absolute privilege set forth in California Civil Code section 47(b). 

Based on the foregoing findings, it is hereby ordered that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 

Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint is GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE. 

Dismissal of this action is with prejudice and without further leave to amend. Plaintiff has 

been given two opportunities to amend by the Magistrate Judge during her initial review of the 

pleadings. Plaintiff has failed to file a written opposition to the motion to dismiss and did not 

appear at the hearing. The Court cannot speculate what facts, if any, Plaintiff could further allege 

to salvage his action. 

The Clerk of the Court is hereby directed to enter judgment for Defendant. 

DATED: March 14, 2008 

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 OLIVER W. WANGER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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