A.H.
A.H. v. Sacramento County Dept. Child, Family and Adult Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] A.H., et al., No. 2:21-cv-00690-KJM-JDP Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Sacramento County Dept. Child, Family and Adult Services, et al., Defendants. 17 The defendants move to dismiss the claims of Cynthia Martin and her three minor children, A.H., E.H. and C.G. The court grants the motion. 20 I. PLEADINGS The parties disagree at the outset about which is the operative complaint: (1) the first amended complaint, which the plaintiffs have titled the “Fifth Amended Complaint,” ECF No. 41; or (2) its purported successor, the document the plaintiffs title the “Sixth Amended Complaint, ECF No. 44. The plaintiffs have not explained their unconventional numbering scheme, but the court adopts it to avoid further confusion. The plaintiffs argue the sixth amended complaint is their controlling pleading. See Opp’n at 4-6, ECF No. 48. The defendants contend 27 the…