Shelley v. County of San Joaquin

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., Chief Judge.

Through this action, Plaintiffs Joan Shelley, Michelle Loftis and Sandra Hoyo-patubbi (collectively “Plaintiffs”) seek to recover damages from municipal defendants, the County of San Joaquin and San Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore (collectively “Defendants”), for violation of the U.S. Constitution. This case concerns the exhumation of the body of Plaintiffs’ deceased relative, Jo Ann Hobson, by the San Joaquin County Sheriffs Department. Plaintiffs allege the Sheriffs Department exhumed Ms. Hobson’s body in an unconstitutional…