BATES v. CITY OF ELIZABETH, NJ

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY Civil Action No.: 20-20129 MICHAEL BATES, Plaintiff, v. OPINION CITY OF ELIZABETH, NJ, et al., Defendants. CECCHI, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This matter comes before the Court by way of defendants Officer Jessica Marques (“Marques”), Officer Michael Castro (“Castro”), Officer David Padlo (“Padlo”), and Officer Matthew Fonseca’s (“Fonseca”) (collectively, the “Moving Defendants”) motion to dismiss plaintiff Michael Bates’s (“Plaintiff”) First Amended Complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil…