Grigorescu

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 25 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VIOLETA GRIGORESCU, No. 24-547 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:18-cv-05932-EMC v.

MEMORANDUM*

EUGENE WHITLOCK,

Defendant - Appellant,

and

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN

MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY

COLLEGE DISTRICT, HARRY

JOEL, CHARLENE FRONTIERA,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Edward M. Chen, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, BEA, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Eugene Whitlock appeals the district court’s summary judgment

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. order denying him qualified immunity on Appellee Violeta Grigorescu’s First

Amendment retaliation claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Grigorescu alleges

that Whitlock initiated a retaliatory investigation into her educational credentials

and engaged in a campaign of…