Richards
Richards v. Department of Building Inspection of The City and County of San Francisco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DENNIS RICHARDS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-01242-JCS
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION OF THE CITY AND Re: Dkt. No. 15 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., Defendants.
13 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Dennis Richards, Rachel Swann, and Six Dogs LLC assert that Defendants the City and County of San Francisco (“San Francisco” or the “City”), the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (“DBI”), and DBI employees Edward Sweeney and Mauricio Hernandez retaliated against Plaintiffs based on Richards’s protected speech as a member of the San Francisco Planning Commission criticizing perceived corruption at DBI. Defendants move to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or to stay the case pending resolution of administrative appeals challenging DBI’s revocation of certain permits issued to Six Dogs. The Court held a hearing by public…