Estate of Antonio Thomas v. County of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Estate of Antonio Thomas, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00903-KJM-DB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. County of Sacramento, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The plaintiffs request leave to amend their complaint to add allegations based on tmformation they obtained in discovery. As explained in this order, the motion is granted. In December 2019, Antonio Thomas was arrested because he had not checked in with his 20 probation officer. Compl. ¥ 20, ECF No. 1. He was taken to the Sacramento County Main Jail. Jd. § 21. When he had previously been incarcerated, he had been placed in the jail’s medical unit 22 and had received psychiatric treatment for paranoia and bipolar disorders. /d. J] 18-19. This 23 time, however, the jail assigned Mr. Thomas to the general population and left him in a cell with a 24 violent man who was suspected of murder. See id. 9] 23-24. A few days later, Mr. Thomas 25 sustained severe injuries at the…