U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Zoria Farms, Inc. et al

Filing 7

ORDER re Ex Parte notice and Motion to lift stay. The stay, entered on October 2, 2013 (Docket No. 5), is LIFTED. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 10/24/2013. (Timken, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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) Case No.: 1:13-cv-1544 LJO SKO
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) EX PARTE NOTICE AND
) MOTION TO LIFT STAY;
Plaintiff,
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) ORDER THEREON
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vs.
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) The Hon. Sheila K. Oberto
) Date: November 18, 2013
ZORIA FARMS, INC., et al.,
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Defendant(s).
) Time: 9:00am
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On September 30, 2013, funding for the federal government lapsed. As a

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result of this lapse in funding, Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity

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Commission (“EEOC”) moved the court to stay these proceeding as counsel for the

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EEOC was prohibited from working on this matter during the federal government

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shutdown.

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U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,

On October 2, 2013, the Court granted the motion to stay for the duration of

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the government shutdown and ordering that “Plaintiff shall file a notice with the

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Court within three (3) court days after funding is restored along with a proposed

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order lifting this stay.” (Docket No. 5).

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On October 17, 2013, funding for the federal government was restored and

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Plaintiff EEOC resumed operations. Plaintiff EEOC is unaware of any deadlines

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that have passed or dates which have been affected by the stay.

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District courts possess “the inherent procedural power to reconsider,

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rescind, or modify an interlocutory order” when it finds sufficient cause to do so.

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See City of Los Angeles, Harbor Div. v. Santa Monica Baykeeper, 254 F.3d 882,

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885 (9th Cir. 2001). “The same court that imposes a stay of litigation has the

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inherent power and discretion to lift the stay.” Canady v. Erbe Elektromedizin

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GmbH, 271 F.Supp.2d 64, 74 (D.D.C. 2002). “When circumstances have changed

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such that the court's reasons for imposing the stay no longer exist or are

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inappropriate, the court may lift the stay.” Id. Here, the Court granted the stay as

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counsel for the EEOC was prohibited, pursuant to the Antideficiency Act, from

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working on this matter during the government shutdown. As funding has now

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been restored, Plaintiff EEOC respectfully requests that the Court lift the stay in

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these proceedings.

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Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: October 24, 2013

_/s/ Rumduol Vuong_________
RUMDUOL VUONG,
Trial Attorney
U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

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ORDER
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWING, THIS COURT HEREBY ORDERS
that the stay, entered on October 2, 2013 (Docket No. 5), is LIFTED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:
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October 24, 2013

/s/ Sheila K. Oberto
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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