Walker v. Adams

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California grants Plaintiff Jeffery Walker’s request to strike deficient claims and permits the action to proceed on specified Fourteenth Amendment due process and medical-care claims. The order directs service on the remaining defendants, establishes deadlines for dispositive motions and briefing, and instructs the plaintiff to identify the Doe defendants through discovery. All other claims and defendants are stricken or terminated.

Holdings

1. The court granted Plaintiff's late request to strike the deficient claims and proceed on the previously identified cognizable claims.
2. The due-process claim against Quantico and Rold for subjecting Plaintiff, a civil detainee, to punitive or restrictive conditions of confinement at CJ3 was cognizable and could proceed.
3. The deficient-medical-care claims against Main, Asa, Baker, and the medical Jane Doe defendants were cognizable and could proceed under the Fourteenth Amendment rather than the Eighth Amendment.
4. The claims against the medical Jane Doe defendants could proceed temporarily if Plaintiff identified them through discovery and timely moved to substitute their proper names.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Plaintiff's request to strike deficient claims and proceed on the claims previously identified as cognizable should be granted despite being filed late.
2. Which claims and defendants remained in the action after the deficient claims were stricken.
3. Whether the remaining due-process and deficient-medical-care claims were cognizable under the Fourteenth Amendment for a civil detainee.

Disposition

other