Peters

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JAN PETERS, No. 2:22-cv-00266-JAM-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

MALIA M. COHEN, in her GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR official capacity as SUMMARY JUDGMENT Controller of the State of California, 15 Defendant. 16 This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross- motions for summary judgment under Rule 56(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff Jan Peters (“Plaintiff”) filed his motion for summary judgment on October 3, 2023, Plf.’s Mot. for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 63, and Defendant Malia Cohen, sued in her official capacity as the California State Controller, (“Defendant”) filed her cross-motion ten days later, Def.’s Mot. for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 64. For the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and GRANTS Defendant’s motion for summary judgment.1 27 1This motion is determined to be suitable for…