Santana
Santana v. County of Yuba
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JESSE I. SANTANA, et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-00794-KJM-EFB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER
v. THE COUNTY OF YUBA, et al., Defendants. 15 Attorneys Jesse Santana and David Vasquez allege they were tried for crimes they did not commit because Yuba County prosecutors and another attorney conspired to prevent Santana’s appointment to the Sutter County Superior Court to keep the bench white, in a racial sense. The Yuba County defendants,1 defendant Timothy J. Evans and plaintiffs all move for summary judgment. As explained below, the court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the motions. I. BACKGROUND Unless otherwise indicated, the following facts are undisputed. See County Undisputed Material Fact (“UMF”), ECF No. 102-2 & Pls. Resp., ECF No. 112; Evans UMF, ECF /////
1 The Yuba County defendants are the County of Yuba, Yuba County District Attorney Patrick McGrath, Yuba County Deputy District Attorneys Melanie Bendorf and John Vacek,…