Franklin v. City of Kingsburg

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 VERNON FRANKLIN, CASE NO. 1:18-CV-0824 AWI SKO 9 Plaintiff ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS 10 v. 11 CITY OF KINGSBURG; TIM RAY; and DOES 1 through 20 inclusive 12 Defendants 13 14 I. Background 15 Plaintiff Vernon Franklin was a firefighter/EMT with the Kingsburg City Fire Department 16 between 2006 and 2017. Franklin was the first and only African American member of the Fire 17 Department. Tim Ray was the Fire Chief at the time. Defendants are Chief Ray and the City of 18 Kingsburg. 19 In 2014, Franklin got into an…