Turner v. Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland
- Haywood Gilliam
- 4:22-cv-02466
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 2
In Turner v. Windsor Oakridge Healthcare Center, Judge Gilliam granted plaintiffs’ motion to remand and sent the case back to Alameda Superior Court.
The four named plaintiffs and the defendants are affected because the case was returned from federal court to Alameda Superior Court, and the federal case was closed.
What happened
In Turner v. Windsor Oakridge Healthcare Center, Valarie Turner, Syble Thomas, Betty Smith, and Bobbie Frost asked the court to send the case back to Alameda Superior Court.
The defendants appeared to agree that Ninth Circuit precedent required remand. The court also relied on its reasoning in a similar case and rejected the defendants’ request to pause the case while a related Supreme Court petition might be filed.
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. granted the motion to remand, sent the case to Alameda Superior Court, and directed the clerk to close the federal case.
The detailed version
- Turner v. Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland · No. 4:22-cv-02466
- Haywood Gilliam
- Aug. 9, 2022
Background
Valarie Turner, Syble Thomas, Betty Smith, and Bobbie Frost moved to remand the case, meaning they asked the federal court to return it to Alameda Superior Court. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.
Court’s reasoning
The defendants appeared to concede that controlling Ninth Circuit authority, Saldana v. Glenhaven Healthcare LLC, required remand. The court also adopted the reasoning of its prior decision in Martinez v. Novato Healthcare Ctr., LLC, which involved similar circumstances. The court rejected the defendants’ request to stay, or pause, the case based on the possibility that the parties in Saldana might seek review by the United States Supreme Court.
Ruling
The court granted the motion to remand and remanded the case to Alameda Superior Court. The clerk was directed to close the federal case.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.