Mansourian

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the court on a motion for summary judgment, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, filed by defendants Board of Regents of the University of California, Davis, Lawrence Yanderhoef (‘Yanderhoef ’), Greg Warzecka (“Warzecka”), Pam Gill-Fisher (“Gill-Fisher”), and Lawrence Swanson (“Swanson”) (collectively “defendants” or “UCD”). Plaintiffs Arezou Mansourian (“Mansourian”), Lauren Mancuso (“Mancuso”), and Christine Wing-Si Ng (“Ng”) (collectively “plaintiffs”) oppose the motion. For the reasons set forth below, defendants’ motion is GRANTED.

BACKGROUND

In the 1990s, varsity wrestling at UCD included both women and men. (DRAF ¶ 53.) Plaintiffs Mansourian, Mancuso, and Ng are former female wrestlers at UCD. (DRAF ¶ 3.) In 2000, UCD ordered that all women be removed from the wrestling program. (DRAF ¶ 4.)

Subsequently, plaintiffs filed a number of complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s (“DOE”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”). Plaintiff Ng filed the first complaint on April 25, 2001, alleging “[t]he Athletic Administration will not allow me to wrestle, nor any other female, and I strongly believe it is due to my sex.”…