Adams
Adams v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WILLIAM MILTON, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08545-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO SEVER AND DISMISS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Re: ECF No. 20 Defendants.
12 Plaintiffs, a group comprising 52 presently or formerly incarcerated persons, filed this action on behalf of themselves and a class seeking redress for alleged injuries they suffered as a result of a July 20, 2020, incident at Correctional Training Facility (CTF) Soledad. ECF No. 1.1 Defendants now move to sever the action and dismiss the complaint. ECF No. 20. The Court 17 1 Forty-six Plaintiffs were allegedly targeted in the July 2020 incident: Shelton Adams, Robert 18 Blackwell, Frederick Brinkley, Lawrence Brown, Terrence Brownlee, Danny Camel, Dwain Campbell, Maurice Caples, Anthony Chambers, Daniel Colvin, Anthony Copeland, Christopher 19 Cox, Berlan Dicey, Ricky Duncan, Rahsaan Fitzgerald, Ricky Fontenot, Marvin Foster, Marcelle Franklin, Eric Frazier,…