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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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Thomas P. Fehér SBN 149944

Franklin D. Gordon SBN 121937

LEBEAU • THELEN, LLP

5001 East Commercenter Drive, Suite 300

Post Office Box 12092

Bakersfield, California 93389-2092

(661) 325-8962; Fax (661) 325-1127

tfeher@lebeauthelen.com

Attorneys for Golden Empire Transit District and Toddash Kim

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT

LATOYA JOHNSON, an individual, 

Plaintiff,

v.

GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT DISTRICT; 

TODDASH KIM; DOES 1 through 100,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01841-JLT

ORDER VACATING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE; ORDER GRANTING 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND NON-EXPERT 

DISCOVERY

(Doc. 29)

On November 25, 2015, counsel submitted a stipulation to continue the settlement 

conference, currently set on December 3, 2015. (Doc. 29) They explain that they have not 

completed discovery and are not prepared to discuss settlement. Id.

Notably, in their mid-discovery status report, filed on October 9, 2015, they reported they 

were having some difficulties completing discovery due to health issues suffered by Plaintiff’s 

counsel. (Doc. 28 at 2) At that time, they anticipated needing to take eight depositions which, 

apparently, they had not yet scheduled. Their current stipulation does not explain the discovery 

that is still outstanding, but they request the Court extend the deadline for non-expert discovery 

to March. This extension will mean that experts will have to be disclosed before the non-expert 

discovery deadline passes, but, presumably, counsel was aware of this when they suggested the 

March deadline.

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Thus, good cause appearing, the Court ORDERS:

1. The settlement conference, set on December 3, 2015 at 10:30 a.m., before the 

Honorable Michael J. Seng, is VACATED. Counsel may submit a joint request for a settlement 

conference to be set when they believe the case is in a settlement posture;

2, The deadline to complete non-expert discovery is extended to March 11, 2016. 

No other changes to the case deadlines are authorized.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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