(Chico, CA) – A Chico woman has settled her lawsuit against the City of Oroville for $3-million. 54-year-old Dana Marie James filed a federal lawsuit after she was arrested by Oroville Police in September of 2022 – for reasons never made clear – and was then driven to a county dump at midnight, where she was left. She was subsequently hit by a vehicle while walking home, resulting in a 35 day hospital stay with life-threatening injuries.

She was initially arrested for trespassing in a homeowner’s pool, then upon release several hours later, again taken into custody at an Oroville business, “incoherent,” then, dropped off at the dump some nine hours later.