Morales-Alfaro
Morales-Alfaro v. CoreCivic, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUBIA MABEL MORALES- Case No.: 3:20-cv-00082-LAB (BGS)
ALFARO
ORDER RE:
Plaintiff, 13 v. 1) CORECIVIC’S MOTION TO
EXCLUDE THE EXPERT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
TESTIMONY OF NOAH AR et al., NATTELL, M.D. [Dkt. 94]; AND 16 Defendants. 2) MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Dkt. 92, 95, 99].
Plaintiff Rubia Mabel Morales-Alfaro (“Morales”), an asylum seeker from El Salvador, filed suit against Defendants CoreCivic, Inc. (“CoreCivic”) and the United States of America (“United States”) for claims stemming from the miscarriage she suffered on or about January 15, 2018, while in immigration custody. Morales claims that, but for Defendants’ negligence in denying her adequate care, she would not have miscarried. She maintains that Defendants’ actions follow a pattern and practice of denying asylum seekers adequate medical care during their detention in an effort to deter…