Ward

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANJALI WARD, Case No. 21-cv-00530-JST Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

v. DISMISS RENEE PALMER, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 43, 45, 48, 51, 54, 79, 87, 105 Defendants. 11 12 Before the Court are seven motions to dismiss filed by Defendants Carla Gorum, Leigh Mueller, Margaret Mary Moore; Helene Walters and Jodee Noll; Renee Palmer; Krystle Stringer, Sophia Webb, Chelsea Abreau, Kellie Case, Toni Nestore, Abryan Seabron, Roxanna Alavi, and Patricia Lowe (collectively, “Contra Costa County Defendants”); Janet Santoyo; Araceli Ramirez; and Nina Bhutani. The Court will grant the motions. I. BACKGROUND This case stems from state court proceedings involving Plaintiff Anjali Ward’s loss of custody of her infant, WW, due to suspected drug use shortly after his birth in January 2019. Ward has sued the doctors that delivered WW and suspected drug use (Defendants Gorum, Mueller, Moore); the nurses that reported suspected child endangerment…