Patino

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 ELENOR SKYE VILLANUEVA PATINO CASE NO. 1:18-CV-01468-AWI-SAB et al., 5 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING CFMG DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS v. (Doc. No. 33) COUNTY OF MERCED et al., 8 Defendants. 9 I. Introduction This lawsuit is about a man who suffered and died from a fungal disease commonly known as “Valley Fever” while the man was incarcerated in a Merced County jail. The man’s two daughters, Elenor Patino and Lillyanna Patino, filed this lawsuit against Merced County and several members of the jail’s staff, claiming that the county and staff members were deliberately indifferent to the man’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Several of the staff members — namely, Jessica Aguilar, Brandon Boggs, Jamie Burns, Cindy Estrebillo, Debbie Mandujano, and Amber Nunes — moved the Court pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to dismiss the deliberate indifference claim against them. …