The Estate of Yaeli Mozzelle Galdamez v. County of Los Angeles
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. INTRODUCTION
18 The Estate of Yaeli Mozzelle (Andrew) Galdamez and Galdamez’s mother, 19 Silvia Abigail Martinez (together, “Plaintiffs”), bring this action for wrongful death, 20 medical malpractice, and civil rights violations. Defendants County of Los Angeles 21 (“County”), Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (“Pomona Valley” or “PVH”), 22 and Dr. Kalpesh Bhavsar, M.D. each move to dismiss. For the reasons discussed 23 below, the Court GRANTS the Motions IN PART by dismissing the federal claims, 24 DECLINES to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law 25 claims, and REMANDS the action to the Los Angeles Superior Court.2
1 The County is sued as “County of Los Angeles by and through Department of Children and Family 27 Services”; Dr. Bhavsar is erroneously sued as “Dr. Kalpesh Bhavar, M.D.” (See Compl.) 28 2 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motions, the Court deemed the matters appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. Case 2:21-cv-05971-ODW-MRW Document Filed 01/14/ Page 2 of Page ID #:433