Stannard
Stannard v. State Center Community College District
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL STANNARD, et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-01250-JLT-EPG 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO
13 v. AMEND 14 STATE CENTER COMMUNITY (Docs. 4, 11) COLLEGE DISTRICT,et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Michael Stannard, Ph.D. and David Richardson are two professors who are employed at 18 the State Center Community College District. They bring this free speech discrimination action 19 against SCCCD, SCCCD’s Chancellor, Carole Goldsmith, Ed.D, and SCCCD Vice Chancellor 20 Juliana D. Mosier, challenging the constitutionality of the college’s anti-discrimination and 21 harassment policies. Pending is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. (Docs. 4, 11.) For the reasons 22 set forth below, the Court GRANTS the motion with leave to amend. 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 A. Dr. Michael Stannard 25 The present dispute arises out of two comments Stannard made while working at Clovis 26 Community College. The first statement…