Grigorescu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VIOLETA GRIGORESCU, Case No. 18-cv-05932-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. RECONSIDERATION ON SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND DENYING MOTION

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN FOR JUDGMENT ON THE

MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY PLEADINGS

COLLEGE DISTRICT, et al., Defendants. Docket No. 143, 144

13 I. INTRODUCTION This case involves a community college employee who sued the district for First Amendment retaliation. The instant motion follows the Court’s ruling on summary judgment. Plaintiff Violeta Grigorescu (“Ms. Grigorescu”) was a former lab technician and adjunct professor at the College of San Mateo and the San Mateo Community College District (“District”). Ms. Grigorescu was involved in an environmental organizing group and litigation against the District that opposed the demolition of a campus garden to construct an additional parking lot (“Friends litigation”). As the…