Martinez
Martinez v. Napa State Hospital
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARCELLA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ, Case No. 23-cv-04247-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS
v. Re: Dkt. No. 47 NAPA STATE HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants.
12 The Department of State Hospitals1 filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims against it on the basis of statutory immunity and the failure to state a valid claim. For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS the motion. All claims against the Department of State Hospitals—and Napa State Hospital, as the same entity—are DISMISSED. The unchallenged claims against the individual defendants will proceed. 18 BACKGROUND I. Factual Background The background facts are recited more fully in the Court’s prior order granting in part and denying in part defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. See Dkt. No. 32 (“Prior Order”). Here, as in the Prior Order, the Court assumes that the allegations of the complaint are true for purposes of deciding the…