Estate of Haile Neil v. County of Colusa
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ESTATE OF HAILE NEIL, TARA KUCK, and MICHAEL NEIL, No. 2:19-cv-02441-TLN-DB Plaintiffs,
ORDER v.
COUNTY OF COLUSA, COLUSA
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, and BRITTNEY CUNNINGHAM, 16 Defendants.
18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Estate of Haile Neil, Tara Kuck, and Michael 19 Neil (together “Plaintiffs”) Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses from Defendants’ Answer to 20 the Second Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 55-1.) Defendants County of Colusa, Colusa 21 County’s Sheriff’s Department, and Brittney Cunningham (together “Defendants”) filed an 22 opposition. (ECF No. 56.) Plaintiffs filed a reply. (ECF No. 58.) For the reasons set forth 23 below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Plaintiffs’ motion. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This case arises out of the in-custody death of Haile Neil (“Decedent”), a pretrial detainee at the Colusa County Jail, resulting from her attempted suicide by…