Doe
Doe v. County of Sonoma
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN DOE, Case No. 16-cv-05195-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS
COUNTY OF SONOMA, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 49, 56 Defendants.
12 Pro se plaintiff John Doe, who is suing under a pseudonym, has alleged a number of civil rights violations related to an involuntary detention in a psychiatric hospital under the Lanterman- Petris-Short Act, Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq. (the “LPS Act”). Dkt. No. 1. This order resolves defendants’ motions to dismiss under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). Dkt. Nos. 49, 56. The Court found the motions suitable for decision on the papers pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). Dkt. No. 62. The complaint is dismissed. BACKGROUND The LPS Act governs California’s involuntary commitment procedures. A designated facility may detain a person for up to 72 hours for “treatment and evaluation” if there is “probable cause” to believe that the person, “as a…