Maria Leal v. County of San Bernardino

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 9, 2017, Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint in San Bernardino County Superior Court (“State Action”) against Defendants County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, Jeff Rose, and Does 1 through 25, alleging violations of their constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 15, 2018, Plaintiffs filed Doe Amendments naming Defendants A. Cueto; K. Johnson; J. Warren; Keith Lewis; SCS Fischer; E. Burke, R.N.; and P. Stafford, R.N. as Does 11 through 17. On November 19, 2018, Plaintiffs filed Doe Amendments naming A. Cueto, J. Warren, K. Johnson, K. Lewis, E. Burke, R.N., SCS Fischer, and P. Stafford, R.N. as Does 1 through 7. On February 22, 2019, Plaintiffs filed another Doe Amendment, naming W. Sullivan as Doe Number 8. On June 7, 2019, Plaintiffs again filed Doe Amendments, naming Defendants Staciemae Cota and Jeffrey Haga as Does 8 and 9.

On September 11, 2019, less than thirty days after they had been served with the Second Amended Complaint, Defendants Staciemae Cota and Jeffrey Haga filed a Notice of Removal of Action Under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a)…