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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BETTY DUKES, PATRICIA SURGESON,

EDITH ARANA, DEBORAH GUNTER, and

CHRISTINE KWAPNOSKI,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

 WAL-MART STORES, INC.,

Defendant. /

No. 3:01-cv-02252-CRB

ORDER TO PICK UP VOLUMINOUS

EXHIBITS

In connection with its multiple motions for summary judgment in this matter, WalMart submitted countless exhibits that it sought at that time to file under seal. Inexplicably,

and without reference to any court rule or common sense principle of which this Court is

aware, Wal-Mart’s counsel submitted two printed copies of each of the hundreds or

thousands of exhibits—both an unredacted version and a redacted version—in separate

plastic-type Tyvek folders that cannot be shredded or recycled, nor thrown away in their

present form as their contents are under seal. All of these exhibits, including the unredacted

versions, are accessible to the Court on the Electronic Case Filing system in its review of the

motions. Having invested an inordinate amount of time opening hundreds of individual

Tyvek folders to shred the contents, the Court has determined that Wal-Mart’s counsel

should share in the expenditure of resources required to dispose of these folders. 

Case 3:01-cv-02252-CRB Document 1151 Filed 08/25/15 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Accordingly, the Court has placed the remaining box in the custody of the Clerk’s

Office on the 16th floor, at the attention of Maria Loo or Barbara Espinoza. Counsel for

Wal-Mart is DIRECTED to pick up their box within five days of this Order to dispose of the

box and the hundreds of folders therein as they see fit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 25, 2015 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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