Karimi v. Golden Gate School of Law et al

Filing 81

ORDER sealing docket entry 29-18 and setting case management conference to consider 80 objections. Signed by Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero on July 27, 2018. (jcslc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/27/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MORTEZA BENJAMIN RAY KARIMI,

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Case No. 17-cv-05702-JCS

Plaintiff,
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v.
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GOLDEN GATE SCHOOL OF LAW, et al.,

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Defendants.

ORDER SEALING DOCKET ENTRY
AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
Re: Dkt. Nos. 29-18, 80

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Docket entry 29-18 is SEALED for failure to comply with Rule 5.2(a) of the Federal Rules

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of Civil Procedure. Defendants have filed a redacted version of the same document as docket

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entry 79.
Plaintiff Morteza Karimi has filed objections (dkt. 80) to the referral of this case for a

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mandatory settlement conference. A judge’s sexual orientation does not implicate the judge’s

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ability to remain impartial. See generally Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 790 F. Supp. 2d 1119 (N.D.

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Cal. 2011), affirmed sub nom. Perry v. Brown, 671 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2012).1 Any further filings

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raising such arguments will be stricken as frivolous. The Court will consider Karimi’s remaining

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objections at a case management conference to occur at 2:00 PM on August 10, 2018. If

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Karimi files a request to appear telephonically, the Court will call him directly rather than

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requiring him to appear via CourtCall.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 27, 2018
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JOSEPH C. SPERO
Chief Magistrate Judge

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The Supreme Court later vacated the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Perry v. Brown on unrelated
grounds. Hollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U.S. 693 (2013).
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