Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-3_03-cv-05499/USCOURTS-cand-3_03-cv-05499-11/pdf.json

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

---

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROSEANNE SAKAMOTO,

Plaintiff,

 v.

STEPHEN JOHNSON and U.S.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Defendants. /

No. C 03-5499 SI

SPECIAL VERDICT

We, the jury in the above entitled case, unanimously find as follows on the Special Verdict

presented to us:

Claim for Disparate Discriminatory Treatment:

Question No. 1: Did plaintiff Roseanne Sakamoto prove by a preponderance of the evidence all of the

elements necessary to prove her claim for disparate discriminatory treatment by defendant EPA, as that

has been defined for you in the instructions?

Yes _____________ No. ______________

Claim for Retaliation

Question No. 2: Did plaintiff, Roseanne Sakamoto prove by a preponderance of the evidence all of the

elements necessary to prove her claim for retaliation by defendant EPA because she engaged in

protected activities, as that has been defined for you in the instructions?

Yes _____________ No. ______________

Case 3:03-cv-05499-SI Document 445 Filed 03/09/07 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2

If your answer to both questions above was “No,” do not answer any further questions; go to the end

of this form, have your foreperson sign and date it, and return it to the Court. If your answer to either

question above was “Yes,” please answer the next questions.

Question No. 3: Did plaintiff Roseanne Sakamoto prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that she

suffered damages caused by the disparate discriminatory treatment or retaliation which you have found?

Yes _____________ No. ______________

If your answer to Question No. 3 was “No,” do not answer the next question; instead please go to the

end of this form, have your foreperson sign and date it, and return it to the Court. If your answer to

Question No. 3 was “Yes,” please answer the next question

Question No. 4: What amount of damages, if any, did plaintiff Roseanne Sakamoto prove, by a

preponderance of the evidence, that she suffered because of the disparate discriminatory treatment or

retaliation which you have found? (You may not consider lost earnings or future lost earnings,

sometimes called back pay or front pay. The award of back pay or front pay, should you find the EPA

liable, will be decided and calculated by the Court.)

$ ________________________

Dated:

 _____________________________ FOREPERSON 

Case 3:03-cv-05499-SI Document 445 Filed 03/09/07 Page 2 of 2