PITMAN
Marvin Rodney Pitman v. First Presbyterian Church of San Mateo, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MARVIN RODNEY PITMAN, Case No. 24-cv-02852-SI
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
9 v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT
10 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SAN MATEO, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 51 11 Defendants. 12 13 Plaintiff Marvin Rodney Pitman filed this lawsuit against The First Presbyterian Church of 14 San Mateo (“the Church”) and Shannon Pappas, the Pastor and Head of Staff at the Church. Dkt. 15 No. 1. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims. Dkt. No. 51. For 16 the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS defendants’ motion. 17 18 BACKGROUND 19 I. Events Preceding Plaintiff’s February 17, 2023 Phone Call 20 From approximately 1972 until 1990, plaintiff’s father was Pastor at the Church. Dkt. No. 21 51-2 (“Pappas Decl.”) ¶ 2; Dkt. No. 51-3, Ex. D (“Pl. Dep.”) at 46:13-19. Plaintiff alleges that after 22 his father’s health deteriorated, a member of the Church married his father and exerted…