T. A. v. Petaluma Schools

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

T. A., et al., Case No. 22-cv-06593-VC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

v. DISMISS

PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 103, 105, 106 Defendants.

The plaintiffs have brought state law claims against four of their teammates on the high school football team alleging that the teammates verbally and physically assaulted them over several months while they waited for football practice to begin. The plaintiffs have also alleged federal constitutional and Title IX violations by Petaluma City Schools for its alleged failure to prevent the harassment and to provide a safe and equal learning environment. Two of the teammates—J.J. and K.G.—move to dismiss the claims against them. Their parents are also named as defendants, and they join in the motion. Because the plaintiffs have failed to state claims against J.J. and K.G. for sexual battery, gender violence, or aiding and abetting, and because the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims, the motions are granted. While the plaintiffs describe multiple instances of…