UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JUAN JESUS CHAIDEZ,
Case No. 21-cv-04240-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO ALAMEDA COUNTY, et al., DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND 13 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION On September 2, 2020, Juan Chaidez was shot eleven times, including in his stomach.1 This stomach injury necessitated surgery that left Chaidez with a stoma and accompanying colostomy bag. Chaidez was brought to Santa Rita Jail directly from the hospital that had been treating him for his injuries and booked for violating the terms of his probation. Months later, he was found unconscious in his cell and brought to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with sepsis, a 102-degree fever, irregular “colonic wall thickening,” and colitis. Chaidez now brings a claim under 43 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the Fourteenth…