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FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AVRIL ADAMS,  Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, a public entity; DONNATA No. 04-56880 MORELAND; OAKTREE INVESTIGATIONS, a business entity  D.C. No. CV-04-07313-GAF and consumer reporting agency; LAURENCE A

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District denied.

Petition for writ of cer-tiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, denied.

543 U.S. 841 ADAMSv.CALIFORNIA. No. 03-10635. Supreme Court of United States. October 4, 2004. 1 Ct. App. Cal., 6th App. Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 115 Cal. App. 4th 243, 9 Cal. Rptr. 3d 170.

Ct. App. Cal., 6th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.

*835 Opinion BENKE, Acting P. J. —Plaintiffs John and Jane Doe appeal from an order granting the State of California Department of Justice’s 1 special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute (Code of Civ. Proc., § 425.1

487 F.3d 684 Avril ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.State of CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, a public entity; Donnata Moreland; Oaktree Investigations, a business entity and consumer reporting agency; Laurence A. Corbin, individually as an investigator for Oak Tree Investigations; Patricia Echard; Paulette Baker; Patrick Kennelly, individually and as a supervisor; Lavonne Coen, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-56

Opinion KRUGER, J. Under Labor Code sections 202 and 203, an employer must make prompt payment of the final wages owed to an employee who “quits” his or her employment, or else pay statutory penalties. In this case, plaintiff Janis S. McLean, a retired deputy attorney general, filed suit against the State of California on behalf of herself and a class of form

MEMORANDUM ** Plaintiff-Appellant Avril Adams appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees California Department of Health Services *592(“CDHS”), La Vonne Coen, and Donnata Moreland in this employment discrimination and retaliation action. Adams also appeals the judgment entered against her following a jury

Opinion BOREN, P. J. — In this lawsuit, nine students who were attending California public schools sued the State of California and several state officials, seeking a court order declaring various provisions of the Education Code unconstitutional. According to plaintiffs, these provisions, which govern how kindergarten through grade 12 public school teachers o

ORDER WITHDRAWING OPINION AND OPINION THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge. ORDER The plaintiff-appellant’s petition for panel rehearing is GRANTED. The opinion filed here on February 13, 2007, and published at 2007 WL 446582 is WITHDRAWN. *686 <

HALBERT, District Judge. There is before the Court a motion by plaintiffs to remand this action to the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Sutter, from which court the case was removed by the State of California and two of its agencies, the Reclamation Board and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District (hereinafter referred to collectively as the State). The parties

189 Cal.App.4th 849 (2010) 117 Cal. Rptr. 3d 109 CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents. No. A126080. Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five. October 29, 2010. *852 Carroll, B

LIU, J. *431 Civil Code section 3531 provides that "[t]he law never requires impossibilities." In this case, plaintiff National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (NSSF) argues that this provision authorizes a court to declare another statute, Penal Code section 31910, subdivision (b)(7)(A),

181 Cal.App.4th 1454 (2010) CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents. No. A124221. Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four. February 11, 2010. *1457 Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Gregg McLean Adam, Gon

Ct. App. Cal., 5th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.

Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.

OPINION D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge. Mark C. Mancebo brings this petition to challenge the denial by the federal district court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mancebo is currently serving an indeterminate term sentence of fifteen years to life for his conviction for second-degree murder, with an additional eight years stayed on his

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California denied.

Cuéllar, J. Here we consider the interplay of two constitutional provisions. First, sections 8 and 11 of article II of the state Constitution contain the people's initiative power, which we have described as " 'one of the most precious rights of our democratic process.' " ( Associated Home Builders etc., Inc. v. City of Livermore (1976)