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OPINION & ORDER   Egberto DeJesus-Vasquez (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at Allenwood Low Federal Correctional Institution (“Allenwood”), brings this pro se Action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983, against Chief of Police Ramon Bethencourt, Jr. (“Bethencourt”), Orange County Commissioner Gene T. Vignola (“Vignola”), Orange County Commissioner Shawn Sullivan (“Sullivan”), Orange County Commissioner Deborah Mills (“Mills”), Orange County Commissioner J. Miguel Rodrigues (“Rodrigues” and collectively, “Middletown Defendants”), Orange County District Attorney (“DA”) David M. Hoovler (“Hoovler”), Assistant DA Robert H. Middlemiss (“Middlemiss” and collectively, “DA Defendants”), Ryan Neijer (“Neijer”), and John Does #1-2 of Hollywood Towing and Recovery (collectively, “Hollywood Defendants” and, with Middletown Defendants and DA Defendants, “Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants violated his Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights by not returning his confiscated property as purportedly agreed upon pursuant to a state criminal plea agreement and depriving him of said property. (See Compl. (Dkt. No. 2).) Middletown Defendants and DA Defendants each filed a Motion To Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Procedure 12(b)(6) (collectively, the “Motions”). (Not. of Middletown Defs.’ Mot.; Not. of DA Defs.’ Mot. (Dkt. Nos. 27, 32).) For the following reasons, the Motions are granted. I. Background A. Factual Background The following facts are taken from Plaintiff’s Complaint, and are assumed true for purposes of resolving the instant Motions. On November 15, 2016, Plaintiff was arrested by officers of the City of Middletown Police Department (“CMPD”) in the town of Wallkill, New York (“Wallkill”). (Compl. 22.) At the time of his arrest, Plaintiff was driving a 1989 Honda Civic, which was registered to and owned by Plaintiff. (Id.) Immediately following Plaintiff’s arrest, the Honda Civic was driven to Columbia Self Storage Unit in Wallkill. (Id.) Also on November 15, 2016, Cheryl M. Hayes (“Hayes”), apparently an associate of Plaintiff’s, was arrested by officers of the CMPD in Beacon, New York (“Beacon”), while driving a 2006 Honda Accord registered to and owned by Plaintiff. (Id. 23.) The Honda Accord was also driven to Columbia Self Storage Unit by a CMPD officer. (Id.) The CMPD officers executed a search warrant at Columbia Self Storage Unit, where a third vehicle was recovered, a 1992 Toyota Camry registered to and owned by Plaintiff. (Id. 22.) Plaintiff and Hayes were taken into custody, and all three vehicles were seized by CMPD. (Id.

25-26.) Plaintiff alleges that he was “led to believe” that the vehicles would stay in CMPD’s custody in a “safe and secure impound.” (Id.) Pursuant to the arrest, some personal property was also allegedly taken from Plaintiff and Hayes. (Id. 27.) On July 26, 2017, Plaintiff pled guilty to a narcotics-related offense in full satisfaction of the charges resulting from his November 15, 2016 arrest. (Id.

 
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