Gesell v. Cottonwood, City of

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Stephen Gesell, No. CV-24-08090-PCT-DWL 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 City of Cottonwood, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 Stephen Gesell (“Plaintiff”), the former Chief of Police of the City of Cottonwood 16 (“Cottonwood”), has sued Cottonwood and assorted current and former Cottonwood 17 officials (collectively, “Defendants”) for wrongful termination, defamation, due process 18 violations, and various statutory infractions. (Doc. 6.) Now pending before the Court is 19 Defendants’ motion to dismiss and to strike…