Brooks

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF CLAIMS ASSERTED AGAINST DEFENDANT CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Before the Court is a Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the Aternative, for Partial Summary Judgment of Claims, filed by defendant Capistrano Unified School District (“Defendant” or the “District”) (Motion, Doc. 15.) Plaintiff filed an opposition and Defendant replied. (Opp’n, Doc. 18; Reply, Doc. 19.) After reviewing the papers and supporting documentation submitted by the parties, and having taken the matter under submission, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Kimberly Brooks (“Plaintiff’ or “Brooks”) was a temporary certificated teacher in special education with the District for the 2011-2012 school year. (Defendant’s Separate Statement of Uncontro-verted Facts and Conclusions of Law (“Def. SUF”) Ml 1-2, Doc. 16.). Brooks understood that her contract with the District was for temporary employment for a specific period of time and that there were no representations of future employment. (Id. ¶ 3.) Soon after she began working at the Marian Bergeson Elementary School, Brooks received positive…