Peralta v. California Franchise Tax Board

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS; DENYING MOTION FOR SANCTIONS

WILLIAM H. ORRICK, District Judge

INTRODUCTION

Pro se plaintiff Leslie Peralta accuses officials of the California Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) of misappropriating her patented method for locating and collecting governmental tax revenues in lien status for federal, state and local governments. She brings causes of action for patent infringement and related state-law claims- against the FTB and John Chiang, California State Controller and Chair of the FTB, Selvi Stanislaus, Executive Director of the FTB, and Nancy Parker, in-house…