Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Keith Whitney, Plaintiff,

Case No. 19STCV20575 v. [Tentative] Ruling

County of Los Angeles Probation Department, et al. Defendants.

Hearing Date: December 4, 2020

Department 49, Judge Stuart M. Rice

(1) Defendants’ Demurrer to the First Amended Complaint

Moving Party: Defendants County of Los Angeles, Richard Acevedes, William Bivens, and Luis Dominguez

Responding Party: Plaintiff Keith Whitney

Ruling: Defendants’ demurrer is sustained without leave to amend as to the third cause of action for wrongful termination. The demurrer is sustained with twenty days leave to amend as to the first cause of action as against Defendant County of Los Angeles, and without leave to amend as to the individual defendants. The demurrer is sustained with leave to amend as to the fourth cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Defendants’ motion to strike is granted without leave to amend as to Defendant County of Los A