Martinez v. Goddard

ORDER

FRANK R. ZAPATA, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim, and Plaintiffs Partial Motion for Summary Judgment. For the reasons stated below, Defendants’ motions are granted and Plaintiffs motion is denied.

I. DISCUSSION OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT CLAIMS

A. Standard of Review: Motion for Summary Judgment

Summary judgment is appropriate where “there is no genuine issue as to any material fact.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). A genuine issue exists if “the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a…