Sweet

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ALFRED SWEET, No. 2:19-cv-00349-JAM-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 This case arises out of Plaintiff Alfred Sweet’s attempt to end his union membership. Alfred Sweet (“Plaintiff” or “Sweet”) alleges the California Association of Psychiatric Technicians (“CAPT”) violated his First Amendment rights to free speech and free association by refusing to immediately accept his resignation from union membership and by continuing to deduct union dues from his paycheck (Count I). Sweet further alleges the California laws which provide designated unions like CAPT with exclusive representation of collective bargaining units, including union nonmembers, are unconstitutional abridgements of his First Amendment rights (Count II). CAPT moves to dismiss Count II of the Complaint. Mot., ECF No. 17-1. Sweet opposes the motion. …