Ward
Ward v. The County of Mendocino
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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7 MARGARET WARD, et al., Case No. 17-cv-00911-PJH 8 Plaintiffs,
9 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’
10 THE COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, et al., MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE
FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT
11 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 161 12
13 14 Plaintiffs Ina Ward, Kevin Ward, and Margaret Ward’s motion for leave to file a 15 fourth amended complaint came on for hearing before this court on September 11, 2019. 16 Plaintiffs appeared through their counsel, T. Kennedy Helm, IV and David Fiol. 17 Defendants the County of Mendocino (the “County”), Lorrie Knapp, Michael Grant, and 18 Sheriff Thomas D. Allman (together the “County Defendants”) appeared through their 19 counsel, Denise Billups-Slone and Brina Blanton. Defendants California Forensic 20 Medical Group, Inc. (“CFMG”) and Dr. Michael Medvin appeared through their counsel, 21 Jerome Varanini. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered 22 their arguments and the relevant legal authority,…