Dean
Dean v. State of CA Dept. of Social Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RYAN DEAN and DANA MOORER, No. 2:22-cv-01054-JAM-JDP Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS KIM
JOHNSON’S, KERN COUNTY
KIM JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES’S,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DENA MURPHY’S; AND ANNA ZAVALA-
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL GARZA’S MOTIONS TO DISMISS SERVCIES, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 Ryan Dean and Dana Moorer (respectively “Ms. Dean” or “Ms. Moorer,” and collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit against Kim Johnson (“Johnson”), Director of the State of California Department of Social Services; Kern County Department of Human Services (“KDCHS”); Dena Murphy (“Murphy”), former Director of KDCHS; Trezell West; Jacqueline West; Anna Zavala- Garza (“Zavala-Garza”), and other fictitious person (collectively “Defendants”). Plaintiffs allege a host of constitutional and state law violations relating to Plaintiffs’ separation from 27 1 Plaintiffs’ FAC refers to Kern County Department of…