Trejo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 JOSE TREJO, et al., Case No.: 20-cv-1465-DDL 11 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING CALIFORNIA

12 v. FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, et al., SUMMARY JUDGMENT 14 Defendants. [Dkt. No. 192]

17 Before the Court is California Forensic Medical Group, Inc.’s (“CFMG”) Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the issue of punitive damages. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND Jose Banda Pichardo (“Pichardo”) died by suicide while in custody in the Imperial County Regional Adult Detention Facility (“Imperial County Jail” or “ICRADF”). See generally Dkt. No. 175. As alleged in Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amended Complaint for Damages (“FAC”), Pichardo was booked into the Imperial County Jail on October 27, 2018, and remained there until his death on February 23, 2019. Id. at ¶¶ 13-50. Pichardo…