Chavez
Chavez v. County of Santa Clara
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 BRIAN CHAVEZ, et al., Case No. 15-cv-05277-RMI
Plaintiffs,
ORDER ON MOTIONS TO
v. INTERVENE AND CIVIL CONTEMPT
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, Re: Dkt. Nos. 116, 117 Defendant.
13 Now pending before the court in this class action case are two motions filed pro se by Mr. Howard Herships – a Motion to Intervene (dkt. 117) and a Motion for Civil Contempt (dkt. 116). This case involves a certain class of Plaintiffs (persons who were, or will be, county jail inmates during certain time periods) and the County of Santa Clara regarding: the provision of constitutional medical, dental, and mental health care; the unnecessary or excessive use of force against jail inmates; the excessive use of solitary confinement; and discrimination against inmates with certain non-mobility disabilities. See Consent Decree (dkt. 109) at 1-2. The case was certified as a class action in September of 2016 (dkt.…