Doe
Doe v. County of Sonoma
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN JONES DOE, Case No. 16-cv-05195-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS
v.
LISA WALKER, et al., Defendants.
12 Pro se plaintiff John Doe alleges that his constitutional rights were violated when he was placed in an involuntary detention in a psychiatric hospital pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Cal. Welfare & Inst. Code § 5000, et seq. (the LPS Act). Doe’s first amended complaint (FAC) was dismissed with leave to amend. Dkt. No. 97. Doe was advised that a failure to file an amended complaint by February 15, 2023, would result in a dismissal with prejudice. Id. at 6. On February 23, 2023, Doe filed a second amended complaint (SAC) with little in the way of changes. Dkt. No. 98. The County defendants asked to dismiss the SAC under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Dkt. No. 99. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and the SAC is dismissed with leave to amend. DISCUSSION …