Zavala

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARMANDO ZAVALA, No. 1:19-cv-00239-DAD-SKO Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

KRUSE-WESTERN, INC., et al., MOTIONS TO DISMISS Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 38, 46) 16 17 This matter is before the court on the separate motions brought on behalf of defendant Kevin Kruse and defendants the Kruse-Western, Inc. Board of Directors and Administration Committee (collectively, “defendants”), filed on August 30, 2019 and September 24, 2019, to dismiss plaintiff’s first amended complaint. (Doc. Nos. 38-1, 46-1.) /////

The undersigned apologizes to the parties for the excessive delay in the issuance of this order. This court’s overwhelming caseload has been well publicized and the long-standing lack of 25 judicial resources in this district long-ago reached crisis proportion. That situation, which has continued unabated for twenty-two months now, has left the undersigned presiding over 26…