Meland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 CREIGHTON MELAND, No. 2:19-cv-02288-JAM-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

ALEX PADILLA, Secretary of State of the State of California, in his official capacity, 11 Defendant. 12 This case arises from a dispute over California Senate Bill No. 826 (“SB 826”), which requires publicly held corporations headquartered in the state to include at least one woman on their board of directors. Creighton Meland (“Plaintiff”) brings this suit against Alex Padilla, California’s Secretary of State (“Defendant”), as a shareholder of OSI Systems, Inc. (“OSI”), a publicly held corporation subject to this law. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges SB 826 impairs his right to vote for OSI’s board of directors in violation of the Equal Protection Clause and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief. Id. Defendant moves to dismiss. Mot., ECF No. 7. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion.1…