Baker
Baker v. CA School Employees Assoc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WENDY BAKER, No. 2:23-cv-02857-DAD-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES
14 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, RIVER DELTA (Doc. No. 34) 15 VALLEY CHAPTER 821, et al.,
16 Defendants. 17 18 This matter is before the court on the motion for attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 19 § 1988(b) filed on behalf of defendants Tammy Reynolds and Michelle Rodriguez (collectively, 20 “the District defendants”) on April 24, 2025. (Doc. No. 34.) On May 5, 2025, the pending 21 motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 35.) For the reasons explained 22 below, the court will deny defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees. 23 BACKGROUND 24 Plaintiff Wendy Baker, a schoolteacher, filed her first amended complaint (“FAC”) in this 25 action on January 29, 2024. (Doc. No. 5.) According to plaintiff’s allegations in her FAC, 26 defendant Tammy Reynolds is the payroll…