COSTA MESA, Calif.—A judge temporarily prohibited Tim Shaw from serving as a trustee on the Orange County Board of Education following months of contentious debate about whether he was illegally appointed.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Martha Gooding April 29 approved a temporary restraining order that disallows Shaw from serving on the board.
Shaw was sued by Michael Sean Wright in April claiming he was illegally appointed to the board of education in December 2021—following his resignation from the board in November for simultaneously serving on the La Habra City Council.
Wright argued that Shaw was in violation of a state law that claims, “the local board may not re-appoint to the office the person whose resignation caused the vacancy in the first place,” according to the lawsuit.
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