Estate of Gregory Martinez v. County of Los Angeles

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 ESTATE OF GREGORY MARTINEZ et Case № 2:23-cv-05586-ODW (JPRx) al., 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 13 v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ 15 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., MOTION TO DISMISS [38]

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17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Judy Martinez, individually and as successor-in-interest to Decedent 20 Gregory Martinez, along with Gregory Martinez, Jr., Timothy Martinez, Mathew 21 Martinez, and Aurora England (collectively “Plaintiffs”), bring this wrongful death 22 action against Defendants County of Los Angeles (“County”), the Los Angeles 23 Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”), Sheriff Alejandro Villanueva, in his individual and 24 official capacities, Deputy Corona, Deputy Baltodano, Ramirez-Hernandez, and 25 Lieutenant Reedy, in their individual capacities (collectively “Defendants”). (See First 26 Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 34.) The County, LASD, Villanueva, and Baltodano 27 (“Moving Defendants”) move to dismiss certain of …