Frances Marquez v. City of Cypress

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 FRANCES MARQUEZ, Case № 8:24-cv-01835-ODW (JDEx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v.

DISMISS [13]

14 CITY OF CYPRESS et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Frances Marquez (“Marquez” or “Dr. Marquez”) brings this action 19 against Defendants City of Cypress (“City”), City Mayor Scott Minikus, City 20 Councilmembers Bonnie Peat and Anne Mallari, and City Manager Peter Grant 21 (collectively, “Defendants”) for illegally retaliating against Marquez for exercising her 22 First Amendment rights. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Defendants move to dismiss the 23 Complaint. (Mot. Dismiss (“Mot.” or “Motion”), ECF No. 13.) The Court finds that 24 Marquez fails to plead speech protected by the First Amendment and GRANTS 25 Defendants’ Motion.1 26

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal.…