Pearson

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 AKAYSIA PEARSON, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05726-CRB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v.

DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

DISMISS

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants.

On June 18, 2018, Coltrane Pearson, an inmate housed at the Salinas Valley State Prison, died after correctional officers intervened in an altercation between inmates. Four of Pearson’s children filed 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state claims against seven correctional officers (“Officer Defendants”), three of their supervisors (“Supervisor Defendants”), and the State of California. This Court allowed only the following claims (against the Officer Defendants): Section 1983 claims for excessive force and deprivation of familial relationship; and state claims for wrongful death and the Bane Act. See Order on MTD SAC (dkt. 28). The Court does not revisit its conclusions as to these claims (Claims 1, 4, 7-8, and 9, respectively) articulated in the prior order. In their third…