Bolton

*NOT FOR PUBLICATION* UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JESSICA BOLTON, Case No. 4:21-cv-3466-YGR

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING v.

IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS

Dkt. Nos. 14 and 16 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION;

GAVIN NEWSOM, GOVERNOR OF THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; KATHLEEN

ALLISON, SECRETARY OF CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION; SERGIO BUSTOS;

GABRIEL LOPEZ; JOSE VALENCIA; ALLEN

BOWMAN; MARIAH ALVARADO; AND

EMMANUEL RAMIREZ.

Defendants.

Plaintiff Jessica Bolton is a mental health professional and staff psychologist at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”), which is part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”). (See Dkt. No. 1, ¶ 1) (“Complaint” or “Compl.”) This action arises out of alleged retaliation against plaintiff after she witnessed and reported officers using excessive force on an inmate. (Id. ¶ 26.) …