Fleeman v. County of Kern

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JUSTIN FLEEMAN, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-0321 NONE JLT ) 12 Plaintiff, ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO ) GRANT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 13 v. ) ) (Doc. 36) 14 COUNTY OF KERN, et al., ) ) 15 Defendants. ) ) 16 17 Justin Fleeman is a former Chief Deputy with the Kern County Sheriff’s Department and was a 18 candidate for sheriff in the 2018 election. Following Plaintiff’s defeat by the incumbent, Plaintiff was 19 the subject of an internal affairs investigation for disclosures made during his campaign, and his…