Eaves

Eaves v. Alameda County Sheriff Department

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJanuary 21, 20213:20-cv-06808California620 words

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

4 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SHELTON EAVES, No. C 20-6808 WHA (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL v. ALAMEDA COUNTY SHE RIFF

DEPARTMENT; R. SLAUGHTER

11 Defendants. / 13 Plaintiff is an inmate in the Alameda County Jail who filed this pro se complaint under 14 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He complained that jail officials did not immediately clean up after an 15 inmate with COVID -19 had fallen and bled on the floor. The complaint was dismissed with 16 leave to amend because plaintiff’s allegations, even when liberally construed in his favor, failed 17 to satisfy three of the four elements of the claim that such conditions violated his constitutional 18 right to due process. See Castro v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d 1060, 1068-71 (9th Cir. 19 2016) (en banc). 20 The elements of a pretrial detainee’s due process failure-to-protect claim against an 21 individual officer are: 22 (1) The defendant made an intentional decision with respect to the conditions under which the…

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