Patel v. Chavez
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Plaintiffs appealed the trial court's order granting defendant's motion to strike plaintiffs' complaint against defendant under the anti-SLAPP statute, Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.
The Court of Appeal held that the Anti-SLAPP statute applies to 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims brought in state court. Therefore, the trial court correctly applied the anti-SLAPP statute to plaintiff's section 1983 claims. Under the first prong of the anti-SLAPP analysis, the court held that all claims against defendant arose from protected conduct. Under the second prong, the court held that the trial court correctly concluded that plaintiffs failed to establish a probability of success on their claims against defendant. Accordingly, the court affirmed the trial court's judgment.
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