Welch
Welch v. County of Santa Cruz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAMIEN WELCH, Case No. 21-cv-09563-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. STAY
COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 24, 27 Defendants.
12 In this civil rights case, Plaintiff Damien Welch alleges that Defendant Correctional Officer Jenna Baldwin violated his rights by engaging in non-consensual sex with him while he was a pre-trial detainee in the jail of Defendant County of Santa Cruz. ECF No. 15. He brings claims for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983; sexual assault in violation of Cal. Civ. Code § 1708; violation of California’s Bane Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 52.1(b); and negligence. Id. The Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Following the events described in the complaint, Defendant Baldwin pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal sexual contact with Welch in a detention facility, Cal. Penal Code § 289.6(a)(2)(g), (h), and multiple counts of smuggling illegal substances into a correctional …