Clendenin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM STEPHENSON, et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-1521-DAD-JDP (P) Plaintiffs, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiffs William Stephenson, Thomas Bodnar, and Joshua Forster bring this consolidated action against defendants Stephanie Clendenin, the Director of the Department of State Hospitals, and Brandon Brice, the Chief of Hospital Services at the Department of State Hospitals—Coalinga, alleging that defendants have violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights as civil detainees. ECF No. 64. Defendants have moved to dismiss, ECF No. 66; plaintiffs have filed an opposition, ECF No. 72; and defendants have filed a reply, ECF No. 73. I recommend that defendant’s motion to dismiss be granted in part and denied in part. Motion to Dismiss I. Legal Standards A complaint may be dismissed for “failure to state a claim upon which relief may be 28…