Harrell
Harrell v. California State University
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSHUA HARRELL, Case No. 23-cv-02210-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION
TO AMEND COMPLAINT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, et Dkt. Nos. 14, 44 al., Defendants. 12 Pro se plaintiff Joshua Harrell filed this civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) and eight individual CSU employees. Defendants moved to dismiss, after which Harrell moved to amend his complaint. For the reasons that follow, the Court denies defendants’ motion to dismiss and grants Harrell’s motion to amend. BACKGROUND Harrell was a student at San Jose State University (SJSU). His claims arise from two distinct incidents. First, on April 20, 2022, after Harrell completed a midterm exam at SJSU’s Alternative Testing Center, defendants Sanchez-Ortega, Khanaka, Bravo, and Villavelasquez-Hill allegedly unlawfully took his…