DeFrancesco v. Arizona Board of Regents

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Anthony T DeFrancesco, No. CV-20-00011-TUC-CKJ 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Arizona Board of Regents, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint. 17 (Doc. 35) For the reasons that follow, Defendants’ Motion is granted, and Plaintiff’s equal 18 protection and Title VII disparate treatment claims are dismissed. 19 BACKGROUND1 20 In June 2019, Plaintiff Anthony DeFrancesco was terminated from his position as 21 Senior Director of Operations at the…