Robertson

Robertson v. Napa State Hospital

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaOctober 6, 20254:24-cv-08692California820 words

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JOSHUA ROBERTSON, Case No. 24-cv-08692-JST

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER VACATING DEADLINES,

9 v. STAYING AND ADMINISTRATIVELY

CLOSING CASE

10 NAPA STATE HOSPITAL, et al.,

Defendants. 11

12 13 Plaintiff, a civil detainee, has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against 14 Napa State Hospital (“NSH”) and NSH staff. For the reasons set forth below, the Court STAYS 15 the case pending the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Plaintiff’s appeal. 16 DISCUSSION 17 Plaintiff commenced this action by filing the complaint docketed at ECF No. 1. In the 18 complaint, Plaintiff alleges that Napa State Hospital and certain NSH staff failed to protect 19 Plaintiff from fellow patient Kyle Martin and failed to address Plaintiff’s medical needs when they 20 refused to change Plaintiff’s roommate, whose actions were triggering Plaintiff’s PTSD startle- 21 response. The complaint alleged that these actions and omissions violated the Fourteenth 22 …

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