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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER CONTINUING CMC DATE; DENYING MOTION TO APPEAL SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS—No. C-07-01902 RMW

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E-filed on: 10/16/07

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RAFAEL DIAZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAFEWAY INC.; UNITED FOOD &

COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, and

DOES ONE through TWENTY,

Defendants.

No. C-07-01902 RMW

ORDER CONTINUING CMC DATE;

DENYING MOTION TO APPEAL

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

On March 5, 2007, plaintiff Rafael Diaz ("Diaz") filed a six-count complaint in the Santa

Clara County Superior Court against Safeway Inc. ("Safeway") and United Food & Commercial

Workers Local 5 ("the Union"), setting forth claims for (1) discrimination and retaliation in violation

of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"), Government Code § 12940 et seq.,

(2) violation of the California Family Rights Act ("CFRA"), Government Code § 12945.2,

(3) tortious wrongful termination, (4) intentional infliction of emotional distress, (5) defamation, and

(6) invasion of privacy. After the case was removed to federal court, Safeway moved to dismiss

claims (1), (2), (4), and (5) and the Union moved to dismiss all claims against it. After considering

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Mr. Diaz's arguments and letter presented on the day of the hearing, the court granted defendants'

motions in an order dated June 14, 2007. The court originally did not grant plaintiff leave to amend,

as it appeared from the face of the complaint that the alleged events occurred outside of the relevant

limitations periods and amendment would be futile. However, on June 19, 2007, Mr. Diaz submitted

a letter to the court seeking to "appeal" the court's ruling and explaining additional facts not set forth

in the original complaint or the letter submitted at the hearing regarding the Union's behavior in this

matter. The court permitted Mr. Diaz to amend his complaint to attempt to state facts to present a

basis for equitable modification of the statute of limitations. 

After Mr. Diaz amended his complaint, defendants again moved to dismiss, arguing that Mr.

Diaz had not pleaded facts sufficient to toll the applicable statutes of limitation and setting forth

arguments the same arguments as to dismissal presented in their first motions to dismiss. In an order

dated September 21, 2007, the court found that Mr. Diaz had failed to plead facts sufficient to toll

the statute of limitations on the previously dismissed claims. On October 8, 2007, Mr. Diaz wrote to

the court, again seeking to "appeal" this court's order. Unfortunately, Mr. Diaz's letter presents no

grounds for revisiting this court's decision, so to the extent his letter seeks relief from this court's

September 21, 2007 order, that request is denied.

On October 8, 2007, Mr. Diaz also submitted a letter to the court asking to continue the case

management conference in this case that is currently scheduled for October 19, 2007. He writes that

he continues to seek counsel to assist him in this matter but has not yet been able to find an attorney

willing to represent him. He asks for additional time to find an attorney prior to appearing at the

case management conference. The court is sympathetic with Mr. Diaz's search for an attorney and

therefore will continue the case management conference by approximately one month. 

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ORDER

For the foregoing reasons, the court denies plaintiff's October 8, 2007 motion to appeal this

court's September 28, 2007 order. It further continues the case management conference currently

scheduled for October 19, 2007 to December 7, 2007. The parties shall now appear for the case

management conference at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, December 7, 2007.

DATED: 10/16/07

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER CONTINUING CMC DATE; DENYING MOTION TO APPEAL SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 ORDER GRANTING

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A copy of this order was mailed on 10/16/07 to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Rafael Diaz

835 Sylandale Avenue 

San Jose, CA 95111 

PRO SE

Counsel for Defendants:

Mark John Rogers

Dillingham & Murphy LLP

225 Bush Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

William F. Murphy

Dillingham & Murphy LLP

225 Bush Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Caren P. Spencer

Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld

1001 Marina Village Parkway

Alameda, CA 94501

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this order to co-counsel, as necessary.

Dated: 10/16/07 /s/ MAG

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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