Mendez

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 BETHANY MENDEZ, ET AL., CASE NO. 19-cv-01290-YGR

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS;

DIRECTING JOINT STATEMENT OF

vs. PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANT MCCOWAN

CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, ET Dkt. Nos. 83, 84,

AL.,

Defendants.

The instant action is one of many brought in the wake of the United States Supreme 11 Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S.Ct. 2448 (2018) (“Janus”). Plaintiffs 12 Scott Carpenter, Linda Leigh-Dick, Bethany Mendez, Audrey Stewart, and Angela Williams are 13 teachers in different school districts across California who were, at one time, members of their 14 respective teachers’ unions. They allege that they submitted requests to revoke their union 15 memberships and dues deductions and that they were informed those dues deductions would not 16 cease until the time period specified in their membership agreements, i.e., a 90-day window falling 17 around their membership anniversary date in which they could request…