Garnier
Garnier v. Poway Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 CHRISTOPHER GARNIER, et al., Case No.: 17-cv-2215-W (JLB)
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
Plaintiffs,
DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT [DOC. 34]
POWAY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 17 Defendants. 18 19 Pending before the Court is Defendants Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane’s summary-judgment motion. Plaintiffs Christopher Garnier and Kimberly Garnier oppose. The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Civ. L.R. 7.1(d.1). For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendants’ summary-judgment motion [Doc. 34]. // // 28 I. BACKGROUND Defendants Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff (“MOR”) and T.J. Zane are members of the Poway Unified School District’s (“PUSD”) Board. (MOR Decl. [Doc. 34-6] ¶ 1; Zane Decl. [Doc. 34-5] ¶ 1.) Before being elected in late 2014, MOR and Zane created public Facebook pages, and in 2016 MOR…