Perry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN SCALIA, individually and as successor- 1:17-cv-01097-LJO-SKO in-interest of Decedent KIMBERLY MORRISSEY-SCALIA, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND

ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

Plaintiff, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. (ECF No. 67)

COUNTY OF KERN, et al.,

Defendants.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case arises from the death of Kimberly Morrissey-Scalia, who died after falling from her

bunk while she was a pretrial detainee at Kern County Jail. Decedent’s husband, John Scalia

(“Plaintiff”), brings claims individually and on behalf of his late wife’s estate. Plaintiff brings this case

against Kern County, Kern County Hospital Authority (“KCHA”), Kern County Sheriff Donny

Youngblood, Kern County Sheriff’s Sergeant Joel Swanson, Kern County Sheriff’s Detention Deputies

Randi Allen and Misty Miller, KCHA Staff Nurse Rowena P. Blakely, and Does 1-100, alleging

deliberate indifference under 42…