Lampkin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRISHKA LAMPKIN and ROBERT No. 2:20-cv-01204-JAM-JDP

CORTEZ,

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO v. DISMISS, DENYING LEAVE TO AMEND, AND ORDERING SANCTIONS

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

and MATTHEW CORTEZ, Defendants. 17 I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Before the Court is defendant Superior Court of California’s (“Superior Court”) motion to dismiss (“Motion”) Trishka Lampkin and Robert Cortez’s (“Plaintiffs”) first amended complaint (“FAC”). See Mot., ECF No. 66. Superior Court argues the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over it under the Eleventh Amendment. Id. Superior Court requests the Court dismiss the claims against it without leave to amend or, in the alternative, strike Plaintiffs’ allegations related to Superior Court. Id. Plaintiffs filed a nonopposition, agreeing that the Eleventh Amendment bars suit against Superior Court. Nonopp’n, ECF 1…