Watson
Watson v. Sacramento City Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Dustin Watson, No. 2:22-cv-00679-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. Sacramento City Unified School District, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The Sacramento City Unified School District fired Dustin Watson soon after he posted on Facebook that he was in Washington, D.C. on the day a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. See First Am. Compl. {J 15-16, 20-23, ECF No. 11. He alleges the school district deprived him 20 of his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association, and he brings claims under 42 US.C. § 1983 and California law. See id. 32-57 (First Amendment); id. 9§ 58—71 (California Labor Code §§ 1101, 1102, 1106). The school district moves to dismiss. ECF No. 15. Its motion is fully briefed and the court submitted it without oral argument. See generally Opp’n, ECF No. 17; Reply, ECF No. 19; Min. Order, ECF No. 18. “Under the eleventh amendment,…