Archambeault
The Estate of Carlos Escobar Mejia v. Archambeault
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
The background facts are well known to the Court and parties and are not repeated here. The relevant procedural facts follow: On December 16, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint alleging the following causes of action against Defendants Archambeault, Dobson, CoreCivic, LaRose, Roemmich, and Does 1–50 following Escobar’s death while in federal custody: negligence; intentional infliction of emotional distress; wrongful death under 8 California Code of Civil Procedure § 377.60; and violation of California’s Bane 9 Act, California Civil Code § 52.1. The Complaint further asserted a claim for 10 violation of California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”), California Civil 11 Code § 51, against CoreCivic, Larose, Roemmich; a claim for violation of the 12 Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a), against CoreCivic; and a claim for 13 violation of Escobar’s constitutional right to adequate medical care against 14 Archambeault and Dobson pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of 15 Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). (SAC [ECF No. 1.]) 16 On October 8, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint limited 17 to four…