The following excerpt is from Gonzalez v. Scharffenberg, 1:16-cv-01675-DAD-EPG (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Plaintiff also alleges that his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection was violated. The equal protection clause requires that persons who are similarly situated be treated alike. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc., 473 U.S. 432, 439 (1985); Shakur v.
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