Oxley
Samuel Russ Oxley v. Madrigal, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAMUEL RUSS OXLEY,
Case No. 23-cv-02371 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v.
14 MADRIGAL, et al., 15 Defendants.
Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officers and the medical staff at the West County Detention Facility in Contra Costa County, where he was previously confined. Dkt. No. 1. On September 3, 2025, counsel for Defendants filed a notice of Plaintiff’s death on June 20, 2025, Dkt. No. 39, which the Court construed as a notice of suggestion of death which implicated Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(a)’s process for substitution parties due to death. Dkt. No. 40. Defendants’ counsel was directed to locate and serve the suggestion of death on nonparty successors or representatives of Plaintiff under Rule 4 within twenty-eight days of the order. Id. at 2. Pursuant to further court order, Defendants filed notice of service on Marva L.…