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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JASVEER SINGH; JESUS MIER; and

TOMMIE PRUITT,

NO. CIV. S 05-0521 MCE DAD

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER

YELLOW TRANSPORTATION, INC.

dba YELLOW FREIGHT;

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF

TEAMSTERS, LOCAL UNION #439;

DANIEL DRAKE; ROGER PRICE;

FRANK VELLA and DOES 1 through

20,

Defendants.

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Through the present motion, Plaintiffs Jasveer Singh, Jesus

Mier, and Tommie Pruitt (“Plaintiffs”) seek to amend their

complaint 1) to include federal civil rights claims, pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1981, that correspond to analogous state law claims

already presented; and 2) to assert that the discrimination,

harassment and retaliation Plaintiffs allegedly have suffered is

ongoing in nature. Defendants International Brotherhood of

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According to the parties’ Joint Status Report filed on May 1

16, 2005, Plaintiffs anticipated either serving or dismissing

those individual defendants within the next sixty (60) days. 

Neither event appears to have yet occurred according to the

Court’s records.

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Teamsters, Local Union #439 and Yellow Transportation Inc. filed

statements of non-opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion on July 25,

2005. The remaining defendants named in Plaintiffs’ complaint,

Daniel Drake, Roger Price, and Frank Vella, have not been served

and have not appeared in this lawsuit.1

Given Defendants’ non-opposition to Plaintiff’s request to

amend, and good cause appearing therefor, Plaintiffs’ Motion for

Leave to File First Amended Complaint is GRANTED. Plaintiffs

have ten (10) days following the date of this Order to file their

proposed First Amended Complaint. Defendants shall answer or

otherwise respond to said First Amended Complaint within ten (10)

days after its filing and service.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 7, 2005

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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