Jane Doe 1 v. Manhattan Beach Unified School District

I. BACKGROUND

1 Plaintiff Jane Doe (“Plaintiff”) brings this action against the Manhattan Beach 2 Unified School District (“School District”), Principal of Mira Costa High School, Ben Dale 3 (“Principal Dale”), and Tyler Gordon (“Gordon”). (See Dkt. 64, Second Amend. Compl.) 4 Mira Costa High School is a school within the School District. (See id. ¶ 1.) Plaintiff was a 5 Mira Costa High School student from 2017 to 2019 for her junior and senior years. (Dkt. 6 146-7, Ex. 500A, Plaintiff Depo. at 10:8-22.) Gordon was also a student at Mira Costa 7 High School during these relevant school years. (Dkt. 146-9, Ex. 501, Gordon Depo. at 8 25:19-22.) According to Plaintiff, in February of 2018, during her junior year, Gordon 9 raped her off-campus while at a friend’s house where she was housesitting. (Plaintiff Depo. at 33:6-12, 109:20-110:10.) Plaintiff’s claims against the School District and Principal Dale arise from the School District’s and Principal Dale’s response to Plaintiff’s report of the alleged rape. (See Compl.) The following is a brief summary of the events that occurred after February 2018. On July 4, 2018, Plaintiff reported the…