Ghilarducci
Ashbritt, Inc. v. Ghilarducci
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ASHBRITT, INC., Case No. 20-cv-04612-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
v. TO DISMISS THIRD AMENDED
COMPLAINT
MARK GHILARDUCCI, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 30 Defendants.
12 AshBritt Inc., a Florida corporation, brings this Section 1983 action against Mark Ghilarducci, Director of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (“OES”), and Ken DaRosa, Acting Director of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) alleging violation of its First Amendment rights. AshBritt contends that Defendants adopted a “California-only” requirement for a project put out for bid in May 2020 in retaliation for comments that AshBritt’s Chairman of the Board made in 2015. Defendants’ motion to dismiss AshBritt’s Third Amended Complaint is now pending before the Court. (Dkt. No. 30.) Having considered the parties’ briefing and having had the benefit of oral argument on February 28, 2021, the Court GRANTS the…