@ 3:00 p.m. (Dept. 501)
Motion: Demurrer by Defendants California State University Board of
Trustees, Joseph Castro, James Marshall, Dennis Nef, Christopher
Pluhar, Keith Putirka, Peter Van de Water, and John Wakabayashi
to the Second Amended Complaint
Tentative Ruling:
To sustain the general demurrers to each cause of action, without leave to amend. To sustain the special demurrer for uncertainty to the sixth cause of action, without leave to amend, but otherwise to overrule the special demurrers for uncertainty. To strike the unauthorized “second opposition” filed by plaintiff on October 3, 2018.
Explanation:
Request for Judicial Notice:
Defendants’ request for judicial notice of a statement from the University’s website documenting its accreditation is granted. However, the request for judicial notice of various letters and memos from several of the defendant professors, which were attached to plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (FAC), is denied. In the main, defendants use the cont