Clendenin

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM STEPHENSON, et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-1521-DAD-JDP (P) 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiffs William Stephenson, Thomas Bodnar, and Joshua Forster bring this 19 consolidated action against defendants Stephanie Clendenin, the Director of the Department of 20 State Hospitals, and Brandon Brice, the Chief of Hospital Services at the Department of State 21 Hospitals—Coalinga, alleging that defendants have violated their Eighth and Fourteenth 22 Amendment rights as civil detainees. ECF No. 64. Defendants have moved to dismiss, ECF 23 No. 66; plaintiffs have filed an opposition, ECF No. 72; and defendants have filed a reply, ECF 24 No. 73. I recommend that defendant’s motion to dismiss be granted in part and denied in part. 25 Motion to Dismiss 26 I. Legal Standards 27 A complaint may be dismissed for “failure to state a claim upon which relief may be 28…