Estate of Linda Miller v. County of Sutter

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaNovember 2, 20202:20-cv-00577California14,192 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Estate of LINDA MILLER, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00577-KJM-DMC Plaintiffs, ORDER v. COUNTY OF SUTTER, et al., Defendants.

1 Linda Miller committed suicide in the Sutter County Jail while she was awaiting trial. 2 During the five days between her incarceration and death, she showed clear signs of deteriorating 3 mental health, depression and opioid withdrawal. Her family claims her death was the needless 4 result of indifference by county officers, cost-cutting by the private companies hired to care for 5 inmates and discrimination, among other wrongs. Several of the defendants move to dismiss. 6 See ECF Nos. 46, 50. 7 The court held a hearing by videoconference on October 16, 2020. Theresa Zhen and 8 EmilyRose Johns appeared for the plaintiffs. Wendy Motooka appeared for Nevada County and 9 the individual defendants affiliated with the county. Ellen Robbins and Evelina Gentry appeared 10 for HIG Capital, LLC and Michael Kuritzky. Temitayo Peters, who represents Sutter County and 1 several individual Sutter County defendants, monitored the hearing. For the reasons explained in 2…

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