Hoffman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARTIN HOFFMAN,

Plaintiff, No. 2:17-cv-02471-TLN-JDP

13 v. ORDER

WILDERNESS MEDICAL SOCIETY,

15 Defendant,

17 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Wilderness Medical Society’s (“Defendant”) Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff Martin Hoffman (“Plaintiff”) filed a response. (ECF No. 25.) Defendant replied. (ECF No. 28.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court hereby GRANTS in part and DENIES in part as moot Defendant’s motion. /// /// /// /// /// /// 28 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This case arises out of Defendant’s termination of Plaintiff as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. (ECF No. 1-1 ¶¶ 2, 4; ECF No. 10 at 7.) Plaintiff alleges Defendant fired him because of the views expressed in an article he wrote six months before he was terminated. (ECF No. 1-1 ¶ 4; ECF No. 10 at 7.) Plaintiff filed this action in Sacramento County Superior…