Smith v. Office of the Alameda County Public Defender
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 REGINALD SMITH, Case No. 20-cv-08534-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART MOTIONS FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
OFFICE OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 87, 118 11 Defendants.
12 Before the Court are motions for summary judgment filed by Plaintiff Reginald Smith, ECF No. 87, and Defendants Office of the Alameda County Public Defender (“ACPD”), Diane Bellas, Brendan Woods, Margo George, County of Alameda, and County of Alameda Board of Supervisors, ECF No. 118. The Court will deny Smith’s motion for summary judgment, and grant in part and deny in part Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. I. BACKGROUND Smith alleges that he was detained at Coalinga State Hospital for 12 years without access to a jury trial under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act (“SVPA) in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. In 2008, the Alameda County District Attorney…