Gatlin

BACKGROUND

21 This case stems from the death of Edison Gatlin, a severely disabled child whom Contra 22 Costa County removed from his parents’ custody in September 2014. At some point between the 23 night of December 7 and the morning of December 8, 2019, while residing at the Angel’s Haven 2 24 group home, Edison died of septicemia, “which was totally treatable with common antibiotics.” 25 Dkt. No. 130 (“SAC”) ¶¶ 178, 180. The factual and procedural background of this case are described 26 more fully in the Court’s prior order on the motions to dismiss the First Amended Complaint. Dkt. 27 1 Plaintiffs filed this case in January 2021, suing more than thirty-five individual and entity 2 defendants. Dkt. No. 1. The case was stayed for two and a half years while plaintiffs obtained 3 Edison’s dependency records from the state juvenile court. See Dkt. Nos. 27 (stay entered June 14, 4 2021), 126 (stay lifted December 31, 2023). The parties have extensively briefed two rounds of 5 motions to dismiss and a motion by the County defendants for judgment on the pleadings. See Dkt. 6 Nos. 129, 146, 188. Plaintiffs have settled their claims with the Regional Center…