ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiff John DeNecochea ("Plaintiff") instituted the present action on September 12, 2013, as a result of a traffic stop made by California Highway Patrol Officers Steven Hawkinson and Greg Martens after Plaintiff allegedly ran a red light at the corner of K and 16th Streets in Sacramento, California. After being administered field sobriety tests, Plaintiff was arrested by Defendants Hawkinson and Martens for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to Sacramento County Jail for booking. Once he arrived at the jail, Plaintiff claims he became violently ill and was subsequently transported by ambulance to Defendant Sutter Memorial Hospital. Plaintiff claims to have been physically assaulted by the Defendant Officers both during the course of his arrest and during his subsequent transfer to Sutter. Plaintiff further claims that Defendant Adam Fairman, a phlebotomist at Sutter, wrongfully obtained a blood sample without his consent. The County of Sacramento was originally included as a Defendant but dismissed by Stipulation and Order filed May 14, 2014. The City of Sacramento was also named as a Defendant but appears to never have been served.

Plaintiff's lawsuit alleges various constitutional and common law claims against Defendants, including substantive and procedural due process violations, wrongful search and seizure claims, equal protection and civil rights violations, along with various state law claims including, but not limited to, allegations pertaining to assault, battery, false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

On April 16, 2014, in response to earlier-filed Motions to Dismiss, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. ECF No. 16. That prompted the Motions to Dismiss presently before the Court, one filed on May 7, 2014, by Defendants Sutter Memorial Hospital and Adam Fairman (ECF No. 18), and the other filed on May 9, 2014, on behalf of Defendants State of California by and through the California Highway Patrol and on behalf of Officers Hawkinson and Martens and their supervisor, Sergeant Scott Baland. ECF No. 19.

After initially failing to submit a timely opposition, in response to an order to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute, Plaintiff filed a response to the Motions to Dismiss on July 1, 2014. ECF No. 24. That response concedes that Plaintiff's claims in this Court against the Defendants State of California, the California Highway Patrol, Officers Hawkinson and Martens, and Sergeant Baland (in their official capacities) are barred by principles of Eleventh Amendment immunity. Pl.'s Response, 7:27-8:11. With respect to the Motion filed on behalf of Sutter and Fairman, Plaintiff does not oppose their alternative request that a more definite statement of Plaintiff's claims be provided under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(e). As to both groups of Defendants, Plaintiff seeks leave to amend to add additional facts and specificity, citing some forty (40) different factual elements that he wants to add to his Complaint. Id. at 3:18-7:6.

Additionally, as Plaintiff's counsel pointed out in the response, Plaintiff was scheduled go to trial on the criminal DUI charges pending against him on the same day Plaintiff's response was filed, July 1, 2014. Following a three-day jury trial, Plaintiff was convicted of driving under the influence, in violation of California Vehicle Code §§ 23152(a) and (b). Given those misdemeanor convictions, both sets of Defendants allege in their Replies to the Motions to Dismiss, filed July 28, 2014 and July 31, 2014, respectively (ECF Nos. 26 and 27), that all or part of Plaintiff's claims are barred on grounds that to the extent that Plaintiff seeks by this suit to imply the invalidity of those criminal convictions, he cannot do so unless and until those convictions are either vacated or set aside. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994). Since Plaintiff's convictions, and Defendants' corresponding arguments of claim preclusion by virtue of Heck, did not arise until after Plaintiff's opposition was submitted, Plaintiff has not yet had the opportunity to respond to those allegations.

Given Plaintiff's request to amend, the numerous claims and parties which he concedes should be dismissed, the unopposed request for a more definite statement, and particularly the significant developments that have recently occurred with respect to Plaintiff's criminal convictions, the Court believes that this matter will most expeditiously be moved forward through the filing of an additional amended complaint. In drafting any amended complaint, counsel for Plaintiff are cautioned to consider the implications of Heck with regard to Plaintiff's remaining claims. Given Plaintiff's non-opposition, all claims against the State of California, the California Highway Patrol, Officers Hawkinson and Mertens, and Sergeant Beland (in their official capacities) are dismissed, without prejudice. Because this lawsuit was not originally initiated in state court, Plaintiff's request that those claims be remanded to the Superior Court in and for the County of Sacramento is denied.

In light of the Court's decision to permit an amended complaint, Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (ECF Nos. 18 and 19) are hereby DENIED without prejudice to being renewed as indicated following the submission of an amended complaint, except with respect to Plaintiff's claims against the State of California, the California Highway Patrol, Officers Hawkinson and Mertens, and Sergeant Beland (in their official capacities). As stated above, Defendants' request for dismissal as to those claims, as set forth in ECF No. 19, is GRANTED.1 Plaintiff is directed to file an additional amended complaint not later than October 31, 2014. Failure to do so may result in dismissal of this action, in its entirety and without further notice, for failure to prosecute under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.