Bernhard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 LLOYD THOMAS BERNHARD, II, et al., No. 2:21-cv-00172-TLN-DB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER

14 v. 15 COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, et al. 16 Defendants. 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Leslie Billings’s (“Billings”) Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 80.) Plaintiffs Lloyd Thomas Bernard II and Stephanie Tejeda-Otero (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 82.) Billings filed a reply. (ECF No. 86.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court hereby DENIES Billings’s motion to dismiss. /// /// /// /// /// 28 Also pending before the Court is Billings and Defendant1 Sonia Piva’s (“Piva”) Motions to Strike Paragraphs 48 and 53 of Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). (ECF Nos. 69, 81.) Plaintiffs filed oppositions. (ECF Nos. 73, 83.) Billings and Piva filed replies. (ECF Nos. 79, 85.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court herby DENIES Billings and Piva’s motions. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This case concerns the care…