The court dismissed a pro se tenant’s Fair Housing Act sex-discrimination and § 1985 civil-rights conspiracy claims against the owners and managers of her San Diego apartment building, finding her allegations of gender-based animus conclusory and contradicted by her own pleading.
The court denied a self-represented dentist’s emergency motion to block his landlord from terminating a 21-year tenancy and pursuing state unlawful-detainer proceedings, finding that his § 1983 and ADA claims could not satisfy the most-important Winter factor — likelihood of success on the mer
The court remanded a quiet-title and declaratory-relief action concerning San Diego real property to state court under the forum-defendant rule, ruling that the California-based defendants could not remove the case to federal court even though diversity existed and rejecting the defendants’ wa