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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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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

MARTHA BERNDT, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Defendants.

NO. C03-3174 TEH 

ORDER VACATING AUGUST 14,

2006 CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE AND SETTING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

The Court is in receipt of the parties’ joint case management statement filed on

August 7, 2006. Upon careful review of the parties’ submission, the Court does not find it

necessary to conduct a case management conference as scheduled on August 14, 2006. 

Based on the parties’ representation that they have not agreed to complete certain outstanding

discovery, including the depositions of four named plaintiffs and Defendants’ person most

knowledgeable with respect to inmate behavior programs, until November 3, 2006, and the

additional uncertainty over whether the discovery to be completed by November 3 represents

all of the discovery needed by the parties to brief class certification issues, this Court finds it

would be premature to set a briefing and hearing schedule for Plaintiffs’ anticipated motion

for class certification. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The August 14, 2006 case management conference is VACATED.

2. The parties shall appear for a further case management conference on Monday,

November 13, 2006, at 1:30 PM. The Court anticipates setting a briefing and hearing

schedule for Plaintiffs’ class certification motion at that time, but it will not do so if

significant uncertainties in the discovery schedule remain.

3. The parties shall file a joint case management conference statement on or before

Monday, November 6, 2006.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Finally, the Court advises the parties that it does not find the parties’ suggestions

regarding the propriety of certifying a class in this case to be appropriate subject matter for a

case management conference statement. To the contrary, if Defendants believe that class

certification is inappropriate, the proper vehicle in which to raise such objections is

Defendants’ opposition to Plaintiffs’ class certification motion, assuming that such a motion

is ultimately filed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 08/11/06 

 THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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