Hampton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division MICHAEL HAMPTON, et al., Case No. 21-cv-03058-LB

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Re: ECF No. 27 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION Michael Hampton, a prisoner housed at San Quentin State Prison, died on September 25, 2020, after contracting COVID-19. His widow sued the State of California, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the prison, and ten officials (including the Secretary of the CDCR, the San Quentin warden, and officials responsible for medical-care policy), alleging that they knew the risks that led to a large-scale outbreak of COVID-19 at San Quentin and — through a botched transfer of at-risk inmates from the California Institute for Men (CIM) to San Quentin and a failure to use basic safety measures — caused Mr. Hampton’s death.…