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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MERCY AMBAT, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO,

Defendant.

Case No. 07-cv-03622-SI 

ORDER RE: SPECIAL MASTER 

INQUIRY

Re: Dkt. No. 428

The Court is in receipt of a letter from Special Master Hon. James J. McBride regarding a 

recently-received petition for extraordinary award.

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 The Master explains that while this petitioner 

was awarded a per capita amount of damages, and while this petition for extraordinary damages 

was dated prior to the May 3, 2016 deadline, the Master did not receive the petition until after the 

Court entered its approval of the Master’s Report and the Report was served on plaintiffs. Id.; see 

also Dkt. No. 426. This petitioner wrote to advise the Master that he had “received a copy of the 

Settlement Funds and found that [his] name was not included in the settlement,” despite 

“remain[ing] in contact with [plaintiffs’ attorney], Lawrence D. Murray, for updates[.]” Dkt. No. 

428 at 3. The Master requests instructions from the Court on whether or not to consider the 

petition for extraordinary damages and amend the Report. 

Counsel for plaintiffs is ORDERED to file a statement with the Court concerning whether 

the Court should vacate its previous order on the distribution of settlement funds and order the 

Master to consider this late-filed petition and amend the Report. Such filing shall be made no later 

 

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The letter from the Master is dated June 22, 2016; the Court suspects that the intended 

date of the letter is July 22, 2016. This letter and its accompanying submissions are currently 

lodged under seal with the Court.

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than August 29, 2016.

In the meantime, counsel for plaintiffs is ORDERED not to distribute the settlement 

funds to the settling plaintiffs until further order of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2016

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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