Luis Ramos v. Gerardo Alvarez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 14 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUIS RAMOS; GUDELIA SANDOVAL, No. 21-16502

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 1:15-cv-00535-DAD-EPG and

ALFONSO PADRON, Jr.; ELIDA MEMORANDUM*

PADRON,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GERARDO ALVAREZ; PARLIER

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

PARLIER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF TRUSTEES; et al.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 16, 2024

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. San Francisco, California

Before: M. SMITH, BENNETT, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Luis Ramos and Gudelia Sandoval (collectively, the “Employees”) are

former employees of the Parlier Unified School District (“PUSD”) who

participated in local school board elections. The Employees, with several of their

colleagues, filed suit against PUSD and Gerardo…