Graham

BACKGROUND

The verified first amended complaint Graham filed a complaint in BC458571 in the superior court on April 1, 2011.1 He filed a verified first amended complaint (FAC) in the same action on May 17, 2011, against the County and several County officials and employees (County defendants); the City and its elected officials and employees (City defendants); American Golf; several American Golf officers (American Golf individual defendants); the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., GS Capital Partners 2000 L.P., Lloyd Blankfein, Thomas Ferguson, and

1 We note that Graham also filed a complaint in the superior court in BC425995 on November 13, 2009, which he voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on January 5, 2011.

Whitehall Street Global Real Estate Limited Partnership 2001 (Goldman Sachs defendants); and Starwood Capital Group, LLC, SOF V1 U.S. Holdings, LLC, Barry S. Sternlicht, National Golf Operating Partnership, David G. Price, and Kimberly Wong (related entity defendants). Some of the corporate and individual defendants were never served. Graham alleged causes of action in the FAC against all defendants for: (1) violation of the “right of Expression and Speech” under the…