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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD HITTLE, No. 2:12-cv-00766-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER CITY OF STOCKTON, et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendants City of Stockton (the “City”), Robert Deis (“Deis”), and Laurie Montes’s (“Montes”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 98.) Also before the Court are Plaintiff Ronald Hittle’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 133) and Motions to Strike (ECF Nos. 130, 140, 149). All the foregoing motions have been fully briefed. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and DENIES as moot Plaintiff’s Motions to Strike. /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1 The City appointed Plaintiff as Fire Chief in 2006. (ECF No. 139-2 at 2.) The City appointed Montes as Deputy City Manager in 2008. (Id.) …