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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 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARTHA BERNDT, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 03-cv-3174-PJH 

ORDER RE TELEPHONIC STATUS 

CONFERENCE 

 On July 10, 2015, at the request of the parties in the above-captioned case, the 

court held a telephonic status conference. Plaintiffs requested that the pretrial and trial 

schedule be modified, in light of the fact that five of the seven plaintiffs have reached 

settlements in principle. Specifically, plaintiffs requested the following: (1) a continuance 

of the pretrial conference, from August 17, 2015 to August 31, 2015; (2) a continuance of 

the trial start date, from September 14, 2015 to September 28, 2015; and (3) a total of 

four weeks for trial. Defendants did not object to the continuance of the pretrial 

conference and the trial start date, but opposed the request for four weeks of trial. 

Defendants argued that the court had allotted seven weeks for trial when the case 

involved seven plaintiffs, and thus argued that only two weeks should be allotted for the 

remaining two plaintiffs. 

 As stated at the conference, the request to continue the pretrial conference and 

the trial start date is denied, as those dates have been set since October 20, 2014, and 

the court is unavailable on the requested pretrial conference date. Thus, the pretrial 

conference shall remain as scheduled on August 17, 2015, and the trial start date shall 

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