On November 3, 2009, over the seething indignance of respondents' counsel, this Court granted summary adjudication of petitioner's classification as a public "contract" [i.e., non-"temporary"] employee", utlizing respondents' standards for such determination, at the time of petitioner's termination and denial of procedural due process rights. The Court could not grant summary judgment on the petition because it had prayed for reinstatement and back pay, issues not briefed. By notice filed November 10, 2009, petitioner formally withdrew from his petition those items of relief not encompassed within the Court's summary adjudication determination. The Court therefore grants motion for summary judgment on the issues adjudicated.
A statement of decision, though demanded by respondents, is not required because this was not a "trial" (Code Civ. Proc.§ 632). The Court has revised the proposed "statement of decision" and signed it as an order granting summary judgment. The Court has also signed