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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELDRIDGE JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED AIRLINES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

AND COORDINATED CASES:

Miller, Leon v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00457 VC

Palmer, Xavier v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00458 VC

Noble, Paul C. v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00461 VC

Jones Jr., Johnnie E. v. United Airlines, Inc. 

et al. 3:15-cv-00462 VC

Roane, Glen v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00464 VC

Ricketts, David v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00465 VC

Tom, Lester v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00466 VC

Crocker, Sal v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00468 VC

Manswell, Anthony v. United Airlines, Inc. 

et al. 3:15-cv-00469 VC

Minter, Karl v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00470 VC

Washington, Erwin v. United Airlines, Inc. et 

al. 4:15-cv-00471 VC

Wilson, Darryl v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00472 VC

Sherman, Leo v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00473 VC

Haney, Ken v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00474 VC

John, Richard v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00475 VC

Briscoe, Odie v. United Airlines, Inc. et al. 

3:15-cv-00476 VC

Hartsfield, Terrence v. United Airlines, Inc. 

et al. 3:15-cv-00477 VC

Case No. 12-cv-02730-VC 

ORDER CONTINUING HEARINGS

Re: Dkt. No. 212

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The Court is in receipt of the notice of unavailability filed by counsel for the plaintiffs in 

these coordinated cases, as well as the request to continue the hearing in Haney v. United Airlines, 

Inc., No. 15-cv-00474 VC. As a preliminary matter, counsel for the plaintiffs should be aware that 

they may not make themselves "unavailable" to the Court, nor may they make themselves 

unavailable for "receiving notices of any kind." Counsel is required to make arrangements to 

ensure they receive all notices from the Court in a timely fashion.

Moreover, in filing the notice of unavailability and the request to continue the hearing in 

the Haney matter, counsel for the plaintiffs do not appear to have contemplated that additional 

motions are scheduled during the period in which they claim to be unavailable. Specifically, four 

hearings are scheduled for August 27th.

The Court is inclined to continue the hearings scheduled for August 20th and August 27th 

to September 10, 2015. However, counsel for the plaintiffs must, by 4 pm on Tuesday, August 

18th, email Courtroom Deputy Kristen Melen the name and phone number of the judge presiding 

over the case they are trying in Sacramento.

Finally, counsel for the defendants should be aware that they have noticed six hearings in

these coordinated cases for September 17th, 2015. Had counsel for the defendants consulted the 

Court's website as instructed by the Court's standing order, they would have seen that September 

17th is unavailable for hearings. The defendants should renotice the hearings in these cases for 

October 1, 2015. 

Under this arrangement, hearings will now be held in Haney v. United Airlines, Inc., No.

15-cv-00474 VC, Miller v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00457 VC, Palmer v. United Airlines, 

Inc., No. 15-cv-00458 VC, Ricketts v. United Airlines, Inc., 15-cv-00465 VC, and Washington v. 

United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00471 VC, on September 10, 2015. Hearings in Johnson v. 

United Airlines, Inc., No. 12-cv-02730 VC, Jones v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00462 VC, 

Crocker v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00468 VC, Manswell v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-

cv-00469 VC, John v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00475 VC, Briscoe v. United Airlines, Inc., 

No. 15-cv-00476 VC, and Hartsfield v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00477 VC, will also be 

heard on September 10, 2015 as scheduled. And hearings will now be held in Noble v. United 

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Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00461 VC, Roane v. United Airlines, Inc., 15-cv-00464 VC, Tom v. 

United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00466 VC, Minter v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00470 VC, 

Wilson v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 15-cv-00472 VC, and Sherman v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 

15-cv-00473 VC, on October 1, 2015.

This change in the hearing dates will not be grounds for an extension of the Phase I 

discovery cutoff.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 17, 2015

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 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

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