Melissa Ahlman v. Don Barnes

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MELISSA AHLMAN; DANIEL KAUWE; Nos. 20-55568

MICHAEL SEIF; JAVIER ESPARZA; 20-55668

PEDRO BONILLA; CYNTHIA

CAMPBELL; MONIQUE CASTILLO; D.C. No. MARK TRACE; CECIBEL CARIDAD 8:20-cv-00835- ORTIZ; DON WAGNER, on behalf of JGB-SHK themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, OPINION

v.

DON BARNES, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Orange County, California; COUNTY OF ORANGE, Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 1, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed December 10, 2021 Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Mark J. Bennett, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson

SUMMARY *

Prisoner Civil Rights

The panel dismissed as moot an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by several inmates in Orange County jails against the County and the sheriff for alleged failure to combat COVID-19.

The district court granted Plaintiffs’ provisional class…