Dana Tompkins Barnett v. County of Los Angeles

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11 DANA TOMPKINS BARNETT, Case No. 2:20-cv-02530-ODW (ASx) individually, and as Successor in Interest 12 of the Estate of JEFFREY BARNETT, 13 deceased, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT Plaintiff, [15]

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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; ALEX

18 VILLANUEVA; JONATHAN E. SHERIN, M.D., Ph.D.; and DOES 1 19 through 10, inclusive, 20 Defendants. 22 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Dana Tompkins Barnett (“Ms. Tompkins” or “Plaintiff”), individually 25 and as successor in interest to the estate of Jeffrey Barnett (“Mr. Barnett” or 26 “Decedent”), brings this action against the County of Los Angeles (the “County”), 27 28 1 Sherriff Alex Villanueva, and Dr. Jonathan E. Sherin, M.D., Ph.D.1 for violations of 2 federal and state law stemming from Mr. Barnett’s suicide while incarcerated at a Los 3 Angeles County Jail (the “Jail”). (Compl. ¶¶ 5–9, 14, ECF No. 1.) The County now 4 moves to dismiss Plaintiff’s second…