Zhang

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JACQUELINE ZHANG, Case No. 17-CV-00007-LHK

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR

JUDICIAL ADJUDICATION OF

v.

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE

COUNTY OF MONTEREY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 125 Defendants. 17 Plaintiff Jacqueline Zhang (“Plaintiff”) sues Defendant County of Monterey1 (the 18 “County”) for causes of action arising out of the County’s termination of Plaintiff’s employment 19 with the County. One of Plaintiff’s causes of action is a petition for a writ of mandate under 20 California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1085. ECF No. 1 at 18–21. Before the Court is the 21 County’s request that the Court (1) judicially adjudicate Plaintiff’s petition for a writ of mandate, 22

1 Plaintiff also named the “Monterey County Parks Department” and the “Monterey County Resource Management Agency” as defendants in her complaint. See ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 2–3. However, the County stated in its answer to Plaintiff’s complaint that Plaintiff had sued the County “erroneously…