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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDY COSBY,

NO. CIV. S-08-505 LKK/DAD

Plaintiff,

v.

 O R D E R

AUTOZONE, INC., JIM 

KULBACKI and DOES 1-100,

inclusive,

Defendants.

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Pursuant to court order, a Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Conference was held in chambers on May 27, 2008. Lawrence A. Bohm

appeared as counsel for plaintiff; Richard R. Gray appeared as

counsel for defendants. At the status conference the parties failed

to raise the issue of whether the court has jurisdiction over this

matter, although it was raised in the plaintiff’s status report.

The court has an independent duty to determine whether it possesses

jurisdiction. McNut v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. of Indiana,

298 U.S. 178 (1936). Accordingly, the court orders as follows:

1. No later than twenty (20) days from the date of this

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order, the plaintiff SHALL file all evidence he

possesses on the issue of whether federal jurisdiction

is proper.

2. No later than twenty (20) days thereafter, the

defendants SHALL file a response.

3. The matter is set for hearing on August 11, 2008 at

10:00 AM in Courtroom 4.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 29, 2008.

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