Johnson v. San Francisco Sheriff's Department et al

A motion was filed in Johnson v. San Francisco Sheriff's Department et al (docket 25-cv-05558) on April 20, 2026. The case is active, but a judge has not yet been assigned, and the court of record has not been confirmed in available docket data.

The case name and the reference to an order on a motion to dismiss suggest Johnson is a plaintiff pressing claims against the San Francisco Sheriff's Department and unnamed additional defendants. Civil rights suits against county sheriff's departments in California typically allege constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 — excessive force, unlawful detention, or conditions of confinement — though the specific claims here have not been confirmed from available filings.

The docket entry referencing an 'Order on Motion to Dismiss' signals the defense moved early to knock out some or all of Johnson's claims. Whether the court granted, denied, or partially granted that motion is not yet clear from the available record. That ruling, once confirmed, will define what claims survive and what discovery looks like.

Without a confirmed judge, a filed date, or the full text of the motion to dismiss order, the case's trajectory is hard to read. The April 20, 2026 filing is the only confirmed docket event. Everything else — the scope of claims, the parties' litigation posture, any scheduling order — remains unconfirmed.