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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)

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[Proposed] Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (2:13-CV-02521-JAM-DAD) 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

MARC A. LEFORESTIER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

JOHN W. KILLEEN

Deputy Attorney General (attorney for notice) 

State Bar No. 258395 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 445-1968 

Fax: (916) 324-8835 

E-mail: John.Killeen@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for State Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TIMEC COMPANY, INC., dba 

TRANSFIELD SERVICES; PETROCHEM 

INSULATION, INC.; SSP INDUSTRIAL 

PLANT RECLAMATION, A 

CALIFORNIA JOINT VENTURE, dba 

PLANT RECLAMATION; ANTHONY 

GILLISPIE; and RODOLFO LOPEZ, 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

KAMALA HARRIS, IN HER OFFICIAL 

CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL 

FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; 

CHRISTINE BAKER, IN HER OFFICIAL 

CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; DIANE 

RAVNIK, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY 

AS THE CHIEF OF THE CALIFORNIA 

DIVISION OF APPRENTICESHIP 

STANDARDS; MATT RODRIQUEZ, IN 

HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS 

CALIFORNIA SECRETARY FOR 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 

Defendants.

Case No. 2:13-CV-02521-JAM-DAD 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

 

Date: March 5, 2014 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Dept: 6 

Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez 

Trial Date: None Set 

Action Filed: December 5, 2013 

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[Proposed] Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (2:13-CV-02521-JAM-DAD) 

STATE BUILDING AND 

CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL 

OF CALIFORNIA, AFL-CIO, 

 Intervenor.

 Plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment on January 22, 2014. Defendants and the 

Intervenor filed oppositions to the motion for summary judgment on February 12, 2014. 

Plaintiffs filed a reply in support of their motion for summary judgment on February 26, 2014. 

The Court heard oral argument on March 5, 2014. At the March 5 hearing, the Court made oral 

findings and conclusions. 

 Based on the pleadings submitted by the parties, the record in this case, the arguments of 

counsel at the March 5, 2014 hearing, and the Court’s oral findings and conclusions at the March 

5 hearing, it is hereby ordered that: 

 1. Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is denied, without prejudice, on the basis that 

no Plaintiff has produced sufficient evidence of an injury in fact that would satisfy the standing 

requirement of Article III of the United States Constitution. 

 2. State Defendants’ objections to Plaintiffs’ evidence are overruled, without prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 13, 2014 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 Honorable John A. Mendez 

 United States District Court Judge 

 

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