Brooks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERICA BROOKS, Case No.: 20cv0994 DMS (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE LLC; and DOES 1 through 25, Inclusive 15 Defendants. 16 17 This case is one of many filed around the country concerning detention facilities and the novel coronavirus. Many of the cases involve the conditions of confinement for civil and criminal detainees during the COVID- pandemic and whether those conditions meet constitutional standards. The present case arises in the employment context, and asks whether the workplace conditions inside a detention facility were so unsafe and unhealthy that Plaintiff had no reasonable alternative except to resign, resulting in Plaintiff’s wrongful constructive termination from her employment. Pending before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). …