SUIDAN

Plaintiff Chaker Suidan appeals a judgment favoring defendants County of San Diego (County), the Superior Court of the County of San Diego (Superior Court), and Kenneth E. Martone on Suidan’s complaint for violation of Government Code section 69904, fraud, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Suidan contends the court erred in sustaining without leave to amend defendants’ demurrer to his claim for breach of the implied covenant, granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment/summary adjudication on his claim for violation of section 69904, and denying him leave to file an amended complaint alleging fraud against Martone. We affirm the judgment.

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Introduction

After 17 years of working for the county clerk and then the Superior Court, Suidan was discharged from his employment by the Superior Court’s executive officer, Martone. After his employment termination was affirmed by the Superior Court’s personnel committee, Suidan sued defendants in the federal district court on various theories based on his assertedly wrongful termination. Ultimately, the federal appellate court affirmed portions of a defense summary judgment, but reversed…