Mendel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CLAYTON MENDEL, an individual No. 2:19-cv-00216-TLN-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER SOUTHERN MONO HEALTHCARE DISTRICT dba MAMMOTH HOSPITAL, a public entity; MARK LIND, an individual; DOES 1 THROUGH 100 inclusive, Defendant. 18 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Southern Mono Healthcare District dba Mammoth Hospital’s (“Defendant”) Motion for Summary Judgment against Plaintiff Clayton Mendel (“Plaintiff”). (ECF No. 25.) Plaintiff filed an opposition. (ECF No. 26.) Defendant filed a reply. (ECF No. 28.) For the reasons stated herein, Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED. /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Defendant owns and operates Mammoth Hospital (the “Hospital”) in Mammoth Lakes, California. (ECF No. 26-1 at 2.) Defendant is a public entity organized under the Local Health Care District Law, California Health and Safety Code §§ 32000, et seq. (Id.) …