Mohrbacher
Mohrbacher v. Alameda County Sheriffs Office
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JACLYN MOHRBACHER, et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-00050-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE CLASS CERTIFICATION
v.
ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 In this long-running jail conditions case, named plaintiffs alleged a broad array of claims on behalf of themselves and a putative class of female inmates about the treatment of women incarcerated in the Santa Rita Jail operated by defendant Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO). See Dkt. No. 203 (fourth amended complaint). ACSO and defendant Aramark Correctional Services, LLC, settled with plaintiffs on all claims directed against them just before the start of trial in May 2023. See Dkt. No. 351. The claims against Aramark involved food services and the adequacy of nutrition provided to inmates. At the Court’s direction, plaintiffs amended their motion to certify a class to address the sole remaining defendant, the California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG), which provides jail medical services under contract with…