Richards

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division LARRY RICHARDS, Case No. 22-cv-04652-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

MARK ESSICK, et al., Re: ECF No.

Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, who is representing himself and proceeding in forma pauperis, sued Sonoma County jail staff (among others) on the grounds that while he was in custody, they denied him phone calls required by California Penal Code § 851.5 and denied him access to his medications, in violation of federal civil-rights laws allowing him the calls, accommodation for his disabilities, and constitutionally adequate medical care. He also claims that the defendants’ conduct was intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED).1 Sonoma County and Sherriff Mark Essick moved to dismiss the IIED claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), arguing…