Unique

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TARRYN UNIQUE, et al., Case No. 22-cv-00711-PCP

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

JOSEPH CLAYBAUGH, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 71 Defendants.

12 Defendants Joseph Claybaugh and 18 other California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees move to dismiss Tarryn Unique and Miguel White’s complaint. For the reasons that follow, the Court denies Defendants’ motion. BACKGROUND Unique and White are transgender individuals who filed this civil rights lawsuit after allegedly being sexually assaulted and harassed by CDCR staff psychologist Claybaugh on numerous occasions between March and August 2019 while incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad, California. In March 2020, Unique and White were transferred to the California Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino, California. Unique was then transferred to the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison…