(PC) Gracia v. County of Kern

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CAROLINA GRACIA, individually and as Case No. 1:23-cv-1104-JLT-BAM successor-in-interest to LOUIE GRIJALVA IV, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING MOTION TO JOIN HEIRS

Plaintiffs, PURSUANT TO RULE 19 v. (Doc. 38) COUNTY OF KERN, et al., FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 17 I. BACKGROUND This case arises out of the death of Louie Grijalva, IV (“Decedent’), while a convicted prisoner serving his sentence at the Kern County Jail—Lerdo Pretrial Facility, in Bakersfield, California. Plaintiff Carolina Gracia brings this action in both her individual capacity and as successor-in-interest to the Decedent. The operative First Amended Complaint asserts claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California state law, including wrongful death under California Code of Civil Procedure § 377.60, against defendants County of Kern (“Defendant Kern”), David Navarro, and Does 1 through 10. (Doc. 10.) …