Crosby
Crosby v. County of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KATHY CROSBY, et al., Case No. 20-cv-08529-MMC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE: ORDER TO SHOW
v.
CAUSE; DISMISSING ALL CLAIMS
AGAINST DOE DEFENDANTS
DOES 1-50,
Defendants.
12 On August 23, 2021, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why plaintiffs’ claims against two sets of Doe defendants, specifically, Does 1-25, who, plaintiffs allege, were at all relevant times employees of defendant County of Alameda (“County”), and Does 26-50, who, plaintiffs allege, were at all relevant times employees of defendant Wellpath, Inc. (“Wellpath”), should not be dismissed for failure to serve within the time required by Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. On August 30, 2021, plaintiffs filed a Response to the Order to Show Cause, stating they “should be allowed to discover information to further evaluate the case and substitute [the] D[oe] defendants” (see Doc. No. 61 at 6:15-16), after which, although not directed to do so by the Court,…