Arellano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAUL ARRELLANO, Case No.: 16cv2412-CAB-MSB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT RE: PUNITIVE DAMAGES [Doc. No. 169] BLAHNIK, Defendant. 16 On October 29, 2020, Defendant Blahnik filed a motion for summary judgment re punitive damages. [Doc. No. 169.] On February 9, 2021, Plaintiff Arellano filed an opposition to the motion. [Doc. No. 177.] On February 19, 2021, Defendant filed a reply. [Doc. No. 178.] For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED. ALLEGATIONS IN COMPLAINT In his unverified Complaint1, Plaintiff alleges that once a week from August 2014, to September 22, 2014, he tried to go to the law library to ask the Librarian, Mr. Blahnik, to make copies of transcripts that the superior court was asking for, but Mr. Blahnik kept

26 1 In his opposition, Plaintiff states: “I declare under penalty of perjury that everything stated…