Ramachandran
Ramachandran v. City of Los Altos
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SATISH RAMACHANDRAN, Case No. 18-cv-01223-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION FOR JUDGMENT
ON THE PLEADINGS
CITY OF LOS ALTOS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 368 Defendants.
13 Defendants City of Los Altos, Kirk Ballard, and Chris Jordan move for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as to plaintiff Satish Ramachandran’s First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. No. 368. They argue that a final judgment against Mr. Ramachandran in a state court action bars his retaliation claim under the doctrine of claim preclusion or res judicata. Id. Mr. Ramachandran opposes this motion, arguing that the state court judgment concerns a different cause of action and was obtained by fraud. Dkt. No. 371. In support of their motion, defendants ask the Court to take judicial notice of documents from Mr. Ramachandran’s state court…