Feliz

FACTS

I. Feliz’s Federal Complaint and the Dismissal of Her State Law Claim

Clevenger committed suicide in an Orange County jail in August 2010. Shortly thereafter, Feliz presented a monetary claim to the County under the Government

1 All undesignated rule references are to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2 Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 900 et seq.), and the claim was subsequently rejected by operation of law. In November 2010, Feliz sued the County in federal district court, on behalf of Clevenger’s estate and as his daughter’s guardian ad litem, alleging claims under section 1983 of title 42 of the United States Code and a wrongful death claim under California state law. The district court granted summary judgment for the County on the federal claims, ruling neither Feliz nor the daughter had standing to assert them. The court also dismissed the wrongful death claim without prejudice, declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction. Feliz appealed, and the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded after concluding Clevenger’s daughter had standing to assert one of the federal claims. On remand, the district court again granted summary judgment for the County on the remaining…