Malear v. State of California

Filed 3/13/23 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE STEVEN MALEAR, Plaintiff and Appellant, A163146 v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., (Marin County Super. Ct. No. CIV-2002017) Defendants and Appellants. This putative class action arises out of the transfer of inmates from the Chino Institute for Men (CIM) to San Quentin State Prison (San Quentin) in May of 2020, which allegedly led to a severe outbreak of COVID-19 at the prison. Plaintiff Steven Malear, a San Quentin inmate who was diagnosed with COVID-19,…