(PS) Grandy v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEANA GRANDY, No. 2:19-cv-00774-MCE-KJN (PS) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Presently before the court are defendants’ two separate motions to dismiss. (ECF Nos. 6 & 7.) On May 2, 2019, plaintiff, proceeding without counsel, filed the present action against the State of California, Sacramento County, Judge Gevercer, and Judge Winn. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged her constitutional rights were violated when defendants prevented her from being appointed an attorney of her own choosing in a state probate proceeding. Sacramento County filed a motion to dismiss on June 7, 2019, and judges Gevercer and Winn filed a joint motion to dismiss on June 14, 2019. A hearing for both motions was set for July 18, 2019, making plaintiff’s response or non-opposition due by July 4, 2019, pursuant to Local Rule 230(c). Plaintiff failed to respond to defendants’ motions,…