Sonya Martin v. Berkeley Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SONYA MARTIN, et al., Case No. 20-cv-04389-EMC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL Docket No. 84 DISTRICT, et al.,
Defendants.
13 14 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Sheila Quintana, Sonya Martin, and Edith Smiley have sued the Board of Education of the Berkeley Unified School District (the “Board”) and its employees Donald Evans, Pasquale Scuderi, Delia Ruiz, and Maggie Riddle (collectively, “Defendants”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (“Section 1981”) for race discrimination. Smiley has settled her dispute. Pending before this Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, or in the alternative, partial summary judgment regarding the remaining plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) based on two grounds: (1) both Plaintiffs’ claims are barred by the statute of limitations; (2) Martin’s claim is barred by claim preclusion. …