III. CONCLUSION
In accord with the foregoing, I hereby ORDER:
1. The Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 17) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
2. All official-capacity claims against individual defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are dismissed.
3. All claims against Chief Chambers are dismissed without prejudice.
4. All claims against Chief Chronister are dismissed without prejudice.
5. All claims against HPD Officers Poiner, Feola, and Walls are dismissed without prejudice.
6. Qualified immunity is denied as to all named individual defendants.
7. The Ninth Claim for Relief (§ 1983, malicious prosecution) is dismissed without prejudice as to the individual police officers.
8. The Ninth Claim for Relief (§ 1983, malicious prosecution) is dismissed with prejudice as to Assistant City Attorney Reyes-Speer.
9. The Seventh Claim for Relief (§ 1983, Third Amendment) is dismissed with prejudice.
10. The Eleventh Claim for Relief (§ 1985(3)) is dismissed without prejudice.
11. The Twelfth Claim for Relief (§ 1986) is dismissed without prejudice.
12. The Seventeenth Claim for Relief (negligent infliction of emotional distress) is dismissed without prejudice.
13. The Nineteenth Claim for Relief (abuse of process) is dismissed without prejudice.
14. The Twenty-First Claim for Relief (respondeat superior) is dismissed with prejudice. However, the Plaintiffs may assert respondeat superior as a theory of liability at the proper time and upon the proper factual basis.
15. The claims for punitive damages against the City of Henderson and the City of Las Vegas under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are dismissed with prejudice.
16. The claims for punitive damages for the state law claims against all defendants are dismissed with prejudice.
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