Edgerly
Edgerly v. County of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 ERICA EDGERLY, Case No. 24-cv-06232-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, Re: Dkt. No. 15 Defendant.
Plaintiff Erica Edgerly filed this action against defendant the County of Alameda (the “County”) and unidentified deputies in the County Sheriff’s office (the “Doe Defendants”) (collectively, the “defendants”) on behalf of her deceased son, Yuri Brand, who was taken into custody at Santa Rita Jail on September 8, 2023, where he was murdered by another inmate, Bryson Levy, five days later. Edgerly alleges that the defendants were negligent in failing to protect her son from identifiable safety risks, and that their negligence led to his untimely death. She also contends that the defendants violated the Bane Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 52.1. She asserts some claims in her individual capacity and others as survival claims. The County has moved to dismiss Claims 3 and 4, the only claims against it,…