Jesse Hernandez, Cain Aguilar, Ha Cobb, Susan Dilley, Connie Dobbs, Sean Esquivel, Ramona Gist, Martha Gomez, George Greim, Dennis Guyot, Jason Hobbs, Glenda Hunter, Albert Key, Brandon Mefford, Wesley Miller, Richard Murphy, Jeff Nicols, Angel Perez, Sarab Sarabi, Clyde Whitfield, and Robert Yancey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly
Published: May 30, 2015 | Result Date: May 14, 2015 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 5:13-cv-02354-PSG Settlement – Preliminary Injunction
Court
USDC Northern
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Sarah P. Alexander
(Constantine Cannon, LLP)
Gay C. Grunfeld
(Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP)
Micaela Davis
(ACLU Foundation of Northern California)
Michael W. Bien
(Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP)
Ernest J. Galvan
(Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP)
Defendant
Michael R. Philippi
(Office of the Monterey County Counsel)
Peter G. Bertling
(Bertling Law Group )
Paul D. Singer
(Beach Cowdrey Jenkins LLP)
Charles J. McKee
(Office of the Monterey County Counsel)
Irven L. Grant Jr.
(Office of Monterey County Counsel)
Jemma Allison Parker Saunders
(Bertling Law Group)
Facts
Jesse Hernandez and several other plaintiffs filed a class action against the County of Monterey, the Monterey Sheriff's Office, and the California Forensic Medical Group Inc., on behalf of current and future prisoners in defendants' custody.
Contentions
PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs alleged that defendants deliberately provided inadequate mental health care, medical care, and security to prisoners in their custody, thereby exposing them to life-threatening, substantial, and unreasonable risks of harm.
DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS:
Defendants denied plaintiff's allegations and asserted it was in compliance with all laws.
Result
The parties reached a settlement. As part of the settlement, defendants agreed to implement plans for the improvement of programs, activities, services, and care related to disability accommodation, dental care, mental health care, medical care, and security to prisoners in defendants' custody. They include, among others, infection control, custody staffing, and policy changes.
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