C. L. v. Del Amo Hospital Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 C.L., CASE NO. SA CV 18-0475-DOC (DFMx)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND vs. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

DEL AMO HOSPITAL,

16 Defendant. 17

27 I. INTRODUCTION A bench trial on this matter was held on July 23–26, 2019. This action arises out of a dispute regarding admission of Plaintiff C.L.1 to National Treatment Center (“NTC”) program at Defendant Del Amo Hospital (“Hospital” or “Del Amo” or “the facility”). Plaintiff has been voluntarily admitted to the NTC program at Del Amo Hospital on numerous occasions, due to persistent mental health conditions including post traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) and dissociative identity disorder (“DID”). On at least seven occasions, Plaintiff sought to bring her dog, Aspen, with her during her inpatient stay at the Hospital. Plaintiff argues that Del Amo refused to allow Plaintiff to bring Aspen into the facility with her, in violation of…