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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

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BETTY DUKES, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WAL-MART STORES, Inc.,

Defendant.

Case No.: 01-cv-2252 CRB (JSC)

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY LETTER 

BRIEF (Dkt. No. 879)

Now pending before the Court is a Joint Discovery Letter Brief (Dkt. No. 879) wherein 

Plaintiffs seek to compel certain discovery subject to the Court’s March 13, 2013 Order (Dkt. 

No. 872). Plaintiffs seek: (1) further information regarding the Human Resources (“HR”) data 

Wal-Mart was ordered to provide, and (2) assistance scheduling a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition. 

The Court has considered the parties respective positions and GRANTS Plaintiffs’ requests as 

set forth below.

1. HR Data

Wal-Mart has known for months that it had to produce HR data to Plaintiffs and that 

this discovery was essential to Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. Wal-Mart was 

ordered to produce all the HR data by March 14, 2013. Although it has done so, the HR data 

is in a different form than the HR data previously produced. Plaintiffs therefore have 

questions regarding the data which Wal-Mart has not responded to. Wal-Mart shall respond 

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to all of Plaintiffs’ outstanding written questions by the end of the day March 21, 2013. If 

Plaintiffs still have questions regarding the data, the parties must participate in a conference 

call on Monday, March 25, 2013 to discuss the issues. All parties must have all necessary 

persons available during that conference call to address any substantive issues regarding the 

data.

2. Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition

The Court’s March 13, 2013 Order (Dkt. No. 872) required Wal-Mart to make a Rule 

30(b)(6) designee(s) available for deposition. Wal-Mart has offered to make the designee

available for deposition on April 4, 2013 – one week before Plaintiffs’ motion for class 

certification is due. Plaintiffs request an earlier date and ask that the witness be produced in 

California. Wal-Mart shall make its Rule 30(b)(6) designee available for deposition in 

Bentonville, Arkansas next week, March 25-29, 2013. 

This Order disposes of Docket No. 879.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2013

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JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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