Doe
Doe v. Santa Clara County Department of Health and Human Services
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JANE DOE, et al., Case No. 22-cv-04948-JSW
8 Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
9 v. DISMISS FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
10 SANTA CLARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Re: Dkt. No. 36 11 HUMAN SERVICES, et al.,
Defendants. 12 13 Now before the Court for consideration is the motion to dismiss the First Amended 14 Complaint (“FAC”) filed by Defendants County of Santa Clara (“County”) and Sharon Jenkins. 15 The Court has considered the parties’ papers and relevant legal authority, and it finds this matter 16 suitable for disposition without oral argument. See N.D. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following 17 reasons, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss, with leave to amend. 18 BACKGROUND 19 Plaintiffs Jane and Jill Doe (“Plaintiffs”) were minor children at all relevant times.1 (Dkt. 20 No. 30, FAC ¶ 3.) The Santa Clara Department of Family and Children’s Services (“DFCS”) 21 removed Plaintiffs from their parents’ care due to alleged…