Bassett v. County of Butte et al

Filing 38

ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 2/6/2024 GRANTING 30 Motion for Substitution; The Clerk of the Court is directed to substitute Staci Lee Bassett, as Administrator of the Estate of Ivan Bassett, as Plaintiff in this action. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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1 RON MARQUEZ, SB# 272963 RON MARQUEZ LAW CORP 2 389 Connors Court, Suite G Chico, California 95926 3 Telephone: 530.332.8110 4 Attorneys for Plaintiff Ivan Bassett 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 IVAN BASSETT, 10 11 Plaintiff, vs. CASE NO. 2:21-cv-01025-MCE-KJN ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE STACI LEE BASSETT AS PLAINTIFF 12 COUNTY OF BUTTE, BUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHERIFF KORY L. 13 HONEA in his Individual Capacity, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS JOHN DOE 114 10, CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP and MEDICAL PERSONNEL JOHN 15 DOE 1-10 and JANE DOE 1-10. 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff, Ivan Bassett, who is now deceased, filed this civil rights action seeking relief 19 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 15, 2024, Plaintiff’s counsel filed a Motion to Substitute 20 Staci Lee Bassett as plaintiff in this matter with supporting records consisting of Ivan Bassett’s 21 Certificate of Death and Letters of Administration issued by the Chancery Court of Meigs County, 22 Tennessee appointing Staci Lee Bassett as the Administrator and personal representative of the 23 Estate of Ivan Richard Bassett, Sr. 24 On February 1, 2024, counsel for defendants Butte County Sheriff Department, County of 25 Butte and Kory L. Honea filed a statement of non-opposition to the subject motion to substitute 26 plaintiff. (see ECF No. 33) The following day, on February 2, 2024, counsel for defendant 27 California Forensic Medical Group, also filed a statement of non-opposition to the motion to 28 substitute plaintiff. (see ECF No. 34) Ron Marquez Law Corp 1 Order Granting Motion to Substitute Staci Lee Bassett as Plaintiff 1 Having reviewed the motion to substitute plaintiff and the defendants’ respective 2 statements of non-opposition, the Court finds that this underlying cause of action is not 3 extinguished by death. 4 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that; 5 1. Plaintiff’s motion for substitution, (ECF No. 30), is GRANTED. 6 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to substitute Staci Lee Bassett, as Administrator of 7 the Estate of Ivan Bassett, as Plaintiff in this action. 8 IT IS SO ORDERED. 9 10 Dated: February 6, 2024 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Ron Marquez Law Corp 2 Order Granting Motion to Substitute Staci Lee Bassett as Plaintiff

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