Sonya Martin v. Berkeley Unified School District

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 Case No. 20-cv-04389-EMC SONYA MARTIN, et al.,

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND THE

v. COURT’S JUDGMENT

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE Docket Nos. 117, 118

BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL

DISTRICT, et al.,

Defendants.

13 14 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Sheila Quintana and Sonya Martin 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 for race discrimination. On March 30, 2023, the Court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, holding that Plaintiffs’ claims were time-barred. Plaintiffs now bring a motion to alter or amend the Court’s judgment (erroneously stylized by Plaintiffs as a “motion for new trial”) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). Having considered the parties’ briefs and …