Okorie v. L. A. Unified Sch. Dist.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
*580In 2015, Dioka Okorie (Okorie) sued his employer, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and two of his supervisors, Jacqueline Hughes (Hughes) and Cynthia Jackson (Jackson) (collectively, Defendants), alleging, among other things, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. In response, Defendants filed a special motion to strike the *581complaint pursuant to section 425.16 of the Code of Civil Procedure1 -a so-called anti-SLAPP motion2 -which the trial court granted.
On appeal, Okorie and his wife, Nkeiru Okorie (collectively, Plaintiffs) advance two principal arguments. First, they…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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