U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Marquez Brothers International, Inc. et al

Filing 33

ORDER re 32 Joint Stipulation to Schedule Settlement Conference, to Continue Mandatory Scheduling Conference, and Related Dates. For good cause shown as stated by the Parties' stipulation, the Court orders that: (a) The Parties shall atten d the settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Thurston on February 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. (b) The Mandatory Scheduling Conference scheduled for December 7, 2017 shall be continued to March 5, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. The Court grants telephon ic appearances at said conference with each party wishing to so appear directed to use the following dial-in number and passcode: 1-888-251-2909; passcode 1024453. (c) The Parties shall file a joint scheduling report no later t han seven days before the Mandatory Scheduling Conference. (d) Discovery shall be stayed until February 8, 2018 and responses to any pending discovery requests shall be due no later than February 26, 2018, unless the Parties stipulate to extend the deadlines in accordance with the Local Rule 144 or otherwise ordered by the Court. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 12/1/2017. (Valdez, E)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Anna Y. Park, SBN 164242 Sue J. Noh, SBN 192134 Rumduol Vuong, SBN 264392 Derek W. Li, SBN 150122 Jennifer L. Boulton, SBN 259076 U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 255 East Temple Street, Fourth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90012 Telephone: (213) 894-1083 Facsimile: (213) 894-1301 E-Mail: lado.legal@eeoc.gov 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 11 (Additional Attorneys on next page) 9 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) ) MARQUEZ BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL, ) INC., MARQUEZ BROTHERS ) ) ENTERPRISES, INC., ) MARQUEZ BROTHERS FOODS, INC., ) MARQUEZ BROTHERS SOUTHERN ) CALIFORNIA, INC., MARQUEZ ) BROTHERS NEVADA, INC., MARQUEZ ) BROTHERS TEXAS I, INC., AND DOES 1- ) ) 10, INCLUSIVE ) ) Defendant(s). ) ) U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, 27 28 -1- Case No.: 1:17-cv-00044-AWI-EPG JOINT STIPULATION TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE, TO CONTINUE MANDATORY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES, AND TO STAY DISCOVERY; ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. Keith Jacoby, SBN 150233 Aurelio Perez, SBN 282135 Jose Macias, Jr., SBN 265033 Littler Mendelson, P.C. 2029 Century Park East, 5th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067-3107 Telephone: (310)772-7284 Facsimile: (310)553-5583 Email: kjacoby@littler.com Attorneys for Defendants Marquez Brothers International, Inc., Marquez Brothers Enterprises, Inc., Marquez Brothers Foods, Inc., Marquez Brothers Southern Cal., Inc., Marquez Brothers Nevada, Inc., and Marquez Brothers Texas I, Inc. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2- 1 Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and Defendants 2 Marquez Brothers International, Inc., Marquez Brothers Enterprises, Inc., Marquez Brothers 3 Foods, Inc., Marquez Brothers Southern California, Inc., Marquez Brothers Nevada, Inc., and 4 Marquez Brothers Texas I, Inc. (“Defendants”, collectively, the “Parties”) by and through their 5 counsel of record stipulate as follows to schedule a settlement conference and to continue the 6 Mandatory Scheduling Conference, currently scheduled for December 7, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.: 7 1. On January 11, 2017, Plaintiff EEOC filed its Complaint alleging Defendants 8 violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., by engaging in unlawful 9 employment hiring practices based on race and by failing or refusing to make, preserve, and 10 produce the required records and reports. (Complaint, ECF No. 1). Before any of the 11 Defendants filed a response to the Complaint, Plaintiff filed on February 28, 2017 its First 12 Amended Complaint. (First Amended Complaint, ECF No. 5). 13 2. On January 11, 2017, the Court issued its order setting the Mandatory 14 Scheduling Conference on April 11, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. (Sch. Conf. Order 1, ECF No. 1). The 15 Court also ordered the Parties to file a Joint Scheduling Report one full week prior to the 16 Scheduling Conference. (Id. at 3). The Court further ordered the Parties to hold a conference of 17 counsel at least twenty days prior to the Mandatory Scheduling Conference. (Id.). 18 3. On March 29, 2017, the Parties filed a first stipulation requesting a continuance 19 of the Mandatory Scheduling Conference and related dates to account for the briefing schedule 20 related to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss EEOC’s First Amended Complaint. (3/29/17 Stip., 21 ECF No. 7). On March 30, 2017, the Court continued the Mandatory Scheduling Conference 22 from April 11, 2017 to October 2, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. with telephonic appearances granted. 23 (3/30/17 Order 2, ECF No. 9). 24 4. On September 13, 2017, the Parties filed a second stipulation requesting a 25 continuance and related dates to account for the anticipated ruling by District Judge Ishii on 26 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the EEOC’s First Amended Complaint. (9/13/17 Stip., ECF No. 27 26). On September 14, 2017, the Court vacated the Mandatory Scheduling Conference and 28 ordered the Parties to file a stipulation to set forth proposed dates for the Mandatory Scheduling -3- 1 Conference after District Judge Ishii’s ruling on Defendants’ to Dismiss. (9/14/17 Order, ECF 2 No. 27). 3 5. On September 18, 2017, District Judge Ishii issued an Order denying 4 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss EEOC’s First Amended Complaint. (9/18/17 Order, ECF No. 5 28). On September 25, 2017, the Parties filed its third stipulation proposing December 7, 2017 6 at 9:30 a.m. for the Mandatory Scheduling Conference. (9/25/17 Stip., ECF No. 29). On 7 September 26, 2017, the Court ordered the Mandatory Scheduling Conference to be scheduled 8 for December 7, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. and the filing of the joint status report one full week prior to 9 the conference. (9/26/17 Order, ECF No. 30). 10 6. Since District Judge Ishii’s decision, the Parties have started to engage in 11 discovery. The Parties have held a Rule 26 meeting of counsel and have served their Initial 12 Disclosures pursuant to Rule 26. Defendants have served subpoenas to obtain documents from 13 third-parties. The EEOC has served interrogatories and document requests to all Defendants. 14 7. The Parties recently have agreed to request a settlement conference in an attempt 15 to resolve the litigation before both Parties expend significant resources in discovery. Through 16 the Court’s Clerk, the Parties understand that Magistrate Judge Thurston is willing to handle a 17 settlement conference for this case. Based on Magistrate Judge Thurston’s availability, the 18 Parties have agreed to a settlement conference on February 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. 19 20 21 8. In light of the proposed settlement conference on February 1, 2018, the Parties stipulate as follows: a. 22 23 February 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. b. 24 25 28 to continue the currently scheduled Mandatory Scheduling Conference on December 7, 2017 to March 5, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.; c. 26 27 to attend a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Thurston on to file a joint scheduling report no later than seven days before the Mandatory Scheduling Conference; and d. to a stay of discovery until February 8, 2018 and the responses to any pending discovery requests are due no later than February 26, 2018, -4- 1 unless the Parties stipulate to extend the deadlines in accordance with 2 Local Rule 144 or otherwise ordered by the Court. 3 4 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 5 6 Dated: December 1, 2017 Respectfully Submitted U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 7 8 /s/ Derek W. Li 9 By: Derek W. Li EEOC Trial Attorney for Plaintiff EEOC 10 11 12 Dated: December 1, 2017 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 /s/ Aurelio Perez BY: _____________________________ Keith Jacoby Aurelio Perez Attorneys for Defendants Marquez Brothers International, Inc., Marquez Brothers Enterprises, Inc., Marquez Brothers Foods, Inc., Marquez Brothers Southern Cal., Inc., Marquez Brothers Nevada, Inc., and Marquez Brothers Texas I, Inc. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -5- ORDER 1 2 For good cause shown as stated by the Parties’ stipulation, the Court orders that: a. 3 The Parties shall attend the settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Thurston on February 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. 4 b. 5 The Mandatory Scheduling Conference scheduled for December 7, 2017 shall be continued to March 5, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. The Court grants 6 telephonic appearances at said conference with each party wishing to so 7 appear directed to use the following dial-in number and passcode: 1-888- 8 251-2909; passcode 1024453. 9 c. 10 The Parties shall file a joint scheduling report no later than seven days before the Mandatory Scheduling Conference. 11 d. 12 Discovery shall be stayed until February 8, 2018 and responses to any pending discovery requests shall be due no later than February 26, 2018, 13 unless the Parties stipulate to extend the deadlines in accordance with the 14 Local Rule 144 or otherwise ordered by the Court. 15 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 18 19 Dated: December 1, 2017 /s/ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -6-

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