Shen
Shen v. Albany Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 PHILIP SHEN, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-02478-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v. ON QUALIFIED IMMUNITY AND
STATE LAW CLAIM
ALBANY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 199 9 Defendants.
10 This case arises out of actions taken by the Albany Unified School District (“AUSD”) and its employees in response to racist and derogatory content posted on an Instagram account by several students at Albany High School (“AHS”). Plaintiff Philip Shen was one of the students associated with the postings. The individual defendants are Valerie Williams, the former superintendent of AUSD; Jeff Anderson, the former principal of AHS; and Melisa Pfohl, a former assistant principal at AHS. The factual details about the Instagram posts are provided in the Court’s earlier summary judgment order, which resolved plaintiffs’ First Amendment and related state law claims. Dkt. No. 109. After other orders, see Dkt. Nos. 191,…