Greer

Greer v. County of San Diego

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaFebruary 17, 20213:19-cv-00378California6,798 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

I. Background

25 A. Factual Background 26 The instant litigation concerns events following the arrest and booking of Plaintiff 27 into the San Diego Central Jail (“the jail”) on January 31, 2018. ECF No. 17 (“First 28 Amended Complaint” or “FAC”) ¶ 22. Plaintiff is a U.S. Army veteran who was treated at a VA hospital for seizures and prescribed Levetiracetam to prevent his seizures. Id. ¶ 21. After his arrest, Plaintiff informed the intake nurses he suffered from chronic seizures and that he had his required medicine in his pants pocket. Id. ¶ 26. He also asked the jail to assign him a lower bunk, as Plaintiff feared he could fall off a top bunk during a seizure. Id. ¶ 33. The medical staff failed to provide Plaintiff with his medication, but they did notate his need for a lower bunk in his paperwork. Id. ¶¶ 27, 28. However, the medical staff failed to place the order for the lower bunk in the Jail Information Management System (“JIMS”), and thus the jail staff assigned Plaintiff a top bunk. Id. at 29. After he was assigned a top bunk, Plaintiff told the jail staff that he feared a top bunk and reported he had previously fallen…

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