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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROY L. MORRISON,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ALBERTO GONZALES,

Defendant.

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No. C 05-04351 JSW

ORDER RE LETTER BRIEF ON

DISCOVERY

The Court has received the letter dated January 23, 2007, from Defendant regarding his

renewed request to extend the discovery deadline, and which also sets forth the parties’

positions on additional discovery sought by Plaintiff. Defendant’s letter, and its attachments,

have been submitted in response to the Court’s December 20, 2006 Order denying without a

prejudice a similar request. The Court notes for the record that it appears that the parties have

not been entirely diligent in pursuing discovery or in bringing their disputes to the Court in a

timely fashion, in relation to impending deadlines. However, having considered the letter and

its attachments, relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the Court HEREBY

ORDERS as follows:

1. The request to extend the discovery deadline for the limited purposes of taking

additional depositions is GRANTED. This extension relates only to depositions and not to any

other forms of discovery. The parties shall have until February 23, 2007 to complete the

depositions that are permitted by this Order.

2. Defendant shall be permitted to take Plaintiff’s deposition, such deposition to last 

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no longer than seven (7) hours.

3. Plaintiff shall be permitted to take the deposition of Joe Gunja, such deposition

to last no longer than seven (7) hours. Plaintiff shall also be permitted to take the depositions of

two additional party-witnesses, i.e. witnesses currently within the Government’s control, the

total time for both depositions shall not exceed seven (7) hours. 

4. With respect to the depositions permitted by this Order, the parties are to meet

and confer on mutually agreeable dates and locations for all witnesses.

5. The parties shall have until March 2, 2007 to file dispositive motions, and shall

notice any such motions for hearing on April 13, 2007. 

6. The pretrial conference date of April 16, 2007 is HEREBY CONTINUED to

Monday June 4, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. The parties’ pretrial filings shall be due on Monday, May 21,

2007.

7. The trial date currently set for May 7, 2007 is HEREBY CONTINUED to

Monday, July 9, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. 

8. The Court shall modify these deadlines only on a showing of extraordinarily

good cause. In addition, any party requesting a continuance of any deadline or date set in this

Order must file such a request no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the expiration of that

deadline or the date set. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 24, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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