Dana Tompkins Barnett v. County of Los Angeles

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9 10 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 RE: DEFENDANTS’

MOTIONS TO DISMISS FIRST

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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 21 Defendants. 22 23 I. INTRODUCTION 24 Plaintiff Dana Tompkins Barnett, individually and as successor in interest to the 25 estate of Jeffrey Barnett (“Decedent”), brings this action against Defendants County of 26 Los Angeles (“County”) and Sherriff Alex Villanueva for violations of federal and 27 state law stemming from Decedent’s suicide while incarcerated at a Los Angeles 28 County Jail. (First Amended Compl. (“FAC”) ¶¶ 5–9, 16–21, ECF No. 25.) The 1 County moves to dismiss Plaintiff’s second and sixth claims, and Villanueva moves to 2 dismiss Plaintiff’s first, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth claims. (Cty. Mot.…