(PS) Lull v. County of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LULL, Case No. 2:18-cv-01020-MCE-JDP Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE GRANTED

AND THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE DENIED Defendants. ECF Nos. 47, 52 OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN 14 DAYS 17 Plaintiff claims that defendants engaged in retaliation forbidden by the First Amendment when they refused to let him pay some of his property taxes with crumpled one-dollar bills emptied from garbage bags, which he brought to the Sacramento County Department of Finance office on tax day. Defendants maintain that, although they do accept some cash payments and had previously accepted one from plaintiff, they refused the payment at issue because it did not comply with the county’s requirements for cash payments and because they did not have the resources to process it. Plaintiff…