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Nature of Suit Code: 740
Nature of Suit: Railway Labor Act
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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JOINT STATUS REPORT

Catherine S. Nasser (State Bar No. 246191)

cnasser@JonesDay.com

JONES DAY

555 California Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: +1.415.626.3939

Facsimile: +1.415.875.5700

Donald J. Munro (State Bar No. 453600) (admitted pro 

hac vice)

dmunro@jonesday.com

JONES DAY

51 Louisiana Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001

Telephone: +1.202.879.3922

Facsimile: +1.202.626.1700

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 

CORPORATION, BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, AND 

LOS ANGELES JUNCTION RAILWAY

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL ON SIGNATURE PAGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 

CORPORATION (D/B/A AMTRAK), 

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, UNION 

PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and 

LOS ANGELES JUNCTION RAILWAY

Plaintiffs,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF LABOR 

STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT, and 

JULIE SU, in her official capacity as Labor 

Commissioner, State of California Division 

of Labor Standards Enforcement,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:15-cv-00924-WBS-EFB 

JOINT STATUS REPORT; ORDER

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JOINT STATUS REPORT

On October 22, 2015, the Court issued a order [Dkt. No. 5] extending a stay of all 

proceedings in the above-captioned matter to allow the parties to continue ongoing settlement 

efforts. Since then, the parties – including Plaintiffs National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

(d/b/a Amtrak), BNSF Railway Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Los Angeles 

Junction Railway (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants the State of California, the State of 

California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and Julie Su, in her official capacity as 

Labor Commissioner (collectively, “Defendants”) – have had a series of discussions in an attempt 

to resolve the underlying dispute. In addition, the parties have exchanged a substantial amount of 

information, including responses to informal document requests and written questions. The 

parties’ most recent discussions were on January 25, 2016. 

Despite these negotiations, including substantial good faith efforts by both sides, the 

parties have not yet found a solution that is mutually acceptable. They are continuing to talk. In 

the meantime, in accordance with the terms of the Court’s previous order, the parties jointly 

request that the Court issue a new scheduling order. A proposed order is attached. 

 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: January 28, 2016 JONES DAY

By: /s/ Catherine S. Nasser

Catherine S. Nasser

Donald J. Munro

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NATIONAL PASSENGER RAILROAD CORPORATION,

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, UNION PACIFIC 

RAILROAD COMPANY, AND LOS ANGELES 

JUNCTION RAILWAY

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JOINT STATUS REPORT

Dated: January 28, 2016 KAMALA D. HARRIS 

Attorney General of California 

TAMAR PACHTER 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

By: /s/ Peter Chang

Peter Chang 

Attorneys for Defendants

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT, 

and JULIE SU, in her official capacity as Labor 

Commissioner

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JOINT STATUS REPORT

ORDER

Pursuant to the provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 and the previous orders 

of this Court:

1. A Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is set for March 28, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. before the 

undersigned judge in Courtroom 5. 

2. A Joint Status Report shall be filed no later than March 14, 2016 in accordance to the 

previous orders as outlined in the Court’s Order Re: Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference filed 

April 29, 2015 (Docket No. 3). All other provisions of this Court’s previous Scheduling Order 

[Dkt. No. 3] shall apply as previously stated. 

3. The stay of this action is lifted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2016

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