Cozzi

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to the claims asserted by plaintiff MaryBeth Pascale came on for hearing before this court on February 9, 2011. Plaintiff appeared by her counsel David M. Poore, and defendants appeared by their counsel Sheila Shah Lichtblau. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS defendants’ motion.

INTRODUCTION

This is a case asserting age-related discrimination in employment, originally filed in July 2008 by nine plaintiffs. At the time of the events alleged in the complaint, the plaintiffs were employed by defendant County of Marin, and were supervised by defendants Mario Zamudio (“Zamudio”) and Gretchen Melendy (“Melendy”). Since the filing of the complaint, the court has granted summary judgment as to the claims asserted by plaintiff Martha Grigsby (“Grigsby”), and the parties have stipulated to the dismissal of claims asserted by six other plaintiffs. Remaining in the case are plaintiffs Maria Cozzi and MaryBeth Pascale.

Plaintiffs assert causes of action for (1) age discrimination, in violation of the…