The decision comes just months after California lawmakers outlawed the use of the disproven medical theory as a cause of death.
The Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse, which houses the U.S. Southern District Court of California, is pictured in downtown San Diego on April 9, 2024.
In March 2020, he was in town to visit his daughter, Kimone, who lived in Southeast Chula Vista. Nunis, Kimone and her boyfriend were at Kimone’s apartment on the evening of March 13 when Nunis started experiencing a mental health crisis.Police body camera footage shows officers handcuffed Nunis, despite him and his family asking them not to, and said Nunis would cooperate. Then multiple officers used their weight to force him against the ground.
Their story reached Assemblymember Mike Gipson , who introduced an assembly bill that would ban the diagnosis. In October, Governor Gavin Newsom signed it into law, making California the first state to formally outlaw “excited delirium” as a cause of death.Joanna Naples-Mitchell, a research advisor at Physicians for Human Rights who wrote a report on the term, also said the ban signals a shift.
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