Vera
Vera v. Santa Cruz Sheriffs Department Corrections
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MICHAEL J. VERA,
Case No. 18-04470 EJD (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR Vv. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ERIC GOUKER, et al., Oo Defendants. .
Docket No. 21 ( )
418 Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § || 1983 against employees at the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department. The Court found 20 || the complaint, (Docket No. 1), liberally construed, stated a cognizable Fourteenth || Amendment claim of deliberate indifference for placement in conditions that amounted to |} punishment, and ordered service of the complaint on Defendants. (Docket No. 12.) Defendants Eric Gouker and Jenna Baldwin filed a motion for summary judgment 24 |} (Docket No. 21, hereinafter “Mot.”), and declarations and exhibits in support…