Lucero

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ESTEVAN R. LUCERO, Case No.: 20-CV-2411-CAB-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

SANDY RAMIREZ et al., [Doc. No. 10] Defendants. 15 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ motion to dismiss the first amended complaint (“FAC”). The motion has been fully briefed, and the Court deems it suitable for submission without oral argument. As discussed below, the motion is granted. I. California State Bar Disciplinary Procedures Plaintiff alleges various violations of his federal constitutional rights in connection with disciplinary proceedings before the State Bar of California (the “State Bar”). The FAC contains various claims about how the State Bar’s disciplinary proceedings operate, and a general understanding of the disciplinary system is necessary to evaluate the merits of Defendants’ motion to dismiss. To that end, the California Supreme Court has 26…