Goines v. Valley Community Services Board

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELIZABETH K. DILLON, District Judge.

Pending before the court are five motions to dismiss, separately filed by all defendants in this case. Taken together, they seek dismissal of plaintiff Gordon Goines’s complaint in its entirety. Goines has filed responses in opposition, and defendants have filed replies. The court heard oral argument on the motions, and they are now ripe for disposition. For the reasons set forth below, the motions will be granted.

I. Background

Goines’s complaint alleges that he was unlawfully seized and detained by defendants, without probable cause and in…