Adams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Alysha ADAMS, et al., Case No.: 23-cv-1220-AGS-DDL Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. REMAND (ECF 7) AND GRANTING

MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF 2)

GROSSMONT CUYAMACA

COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT,

7 et al., 8 Defendants. 9 Plaintiffs sued their community-college employers over COVID- vaccine mandates. The defense removed the case here, and plaintiffs now seek remand back to state court. The defense meanwhile moves to dismiss based on mootness and failure to state a claim. BACKGROUND This case’s 31 defendants include three community-college districts, their governing boards, and various presidents, chancellors, and employees sued “in their official capacities only.” (ECF 1, at 11–13.) In late 2021, defendants “adopted a COVID-19 vaccine requirement” compelling employees to “obtain the vaccine or submit an exemption thereto.” (Id. at 14, 17, 35–36.) Of the six plaintiffs, five requested…