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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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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

MARGIE CHERRY and ESTORIA CHERRY, on

behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO (“City

College”) LAWRENCE WONG, in his official

capacity as President of the Board of Trustees,

MILTON MARKS, III, in his official capacity as

Vice-President of the Board of Trustees, DR.

NATALIE BERG, JOHNNIE CARTER, JR.,

DR. ANITA GRIER, JULIO J. RAMOS, RODEL E.

RODIS, in their official capacities as members of the

Board of Trustees, and DR. PHILIP R. RAY, JR., in

his official capacity as Chancellor,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-04981 WHA

ORDER RE

MOTIONS IN LIMINE

RE OCR SETTLEMENT

AND LETTER

This order provisionally excludes from the trial the 1993 OCR-City College Settlement

Agreement and the 1998 OCR letter. Declaratory and injunctive relief only are at stake. 

Damages are out. We must be concerned with access conditions as they exist today. To go

back and re-litigate the 1993–98 OCR events would consume undue time and be of limited

probative value. At the supplemental hearing on this issue on February 3, 2006, both sides

said they did not intend to rely on these exhibits except as possible rebuttal. Plaintiffs so stated. 

Defendants stated that they only wanted the 1998 OCR letter in evidence and then only if

plaintiffs succeeded in admitting the 1993 Settlement Agreement. In these circumstances, both

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are excluded subject to exceptions upon a specific clear-cut showing of need to open up this

tortured history. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 6, 2006. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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