Hale
Hale v. San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DARLENE HALE, Case No. 19-cv-04184-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING
TO STATE COURT FOR LACK OF
v. JURISDICTION
SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT,
11 Defendant. 12 Plaintiff Darlene Hale initially filed this action in Contra Costa County Superior Court on June 9, 2017. Over two years later, on June 21, 2019, Plaintiff amended her complaint for the third time. See Dkt. No. 8-2. Ex. B at 703 (“TAC”). In the operative complaint, Plaintiff alleges that she was employed by Defendant San Ramon Valley Unified School District as a principal for nine years. See id. at ¶ 3. However, in 2014 and 2015, Defendant asked her “to engage in unlawful practices with respect to students with disabilities.” See id. at ¶ 5. Plaintiff alleges that she resisted these requests, and in response, Defendant harassed her and eventually forced her to resign. See id. at ¶¶ 6–10, 12. On the basis of these facts, Plaintiff alleges two…