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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 

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John F. Hyland (SBN 178875) 

jhyland@rhdtlaw.com 

Jessica Riggin (SBN 281712) 

jriggin@rhdtlaw.com 

RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2150 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 421-1800 

Facsimile: (415) 421-1700 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CHRISTOPHER WADSWORTH, M.D. 

Additional counsel identified on following pages 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CHRISTOPHER S. WADSWORTH, M.D.,

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

JEFFREY BEARD; J. CLARK KELSO; 

TIMOTHY BELAVICH; RACHEL CHEN; 

COURTNEY CORRADO; EUREKA DAYE; 

ANDREW DEEMS; ERIC MONTHEI; CHERA 

VAN BURG; LAURA WHYTE; and DOES 1 

through 50, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-02322-EMC 

JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE STATEMENT 

Date: March 17, 2016 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom 5, 17th Floor 

Judge: Honorable Edward M. Chen 

Date Action Filed: 5/22/2015 

First Amended Complaint Filed: 6/3/2015 

; ORDER

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Lyn Harlan (SBN 171471) 

lyn.harlan@doj.ca.gov 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

1515 Clay St., Fl. 20 

PO Box. 70550 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 622-2208 

Facsimile: (510) 622-2270 

Counsel for Jeffrey Beard, Rachel Chen, 

Courtney Corrado, Chera Van Burg, and Laura Whyte 

Martin Dodd (SBN 104363) 

mdodd@fddcm.com 

FUTTERMAN DUPREE DODD CROLEY MAIER LLP 

180 Sansome St., 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 399-3841 

Facsimile: (415) 399-3838 

Counsel for J. Clark Kelso 

David Tyra (SBN 116218) 

dtyra@kmtg.com 

Meredith Packer Garey (SBN 253701) 

mgarey@kmtg.com 

KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 321-4500 

Facsimile: (916)-321-4555 

Counsel for Eureka Daye and Timothy Belavich 

Carolee Kilduff (SBN 107232) 

ckilduff@akk-law.com 

Kevin Dehoff (SBN 252106) 

kdehoff@akk-law.com 

ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP 

601 University Ave, Ste. 150 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 564-6100 

Facsimile: (916) 564-6263 

Counsel for Eric Monthei 

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Sue Ann Van Dermyden (SBN 166158) 

sav@valawcorp.com 

Janine Braxton (SBN 196321) 

jb@vmlawcorp.com 

VAN DERMYDEN MADDUX 

2520 Venture Oaks Way, Ste. 140 

Sacramento, CA 95833 

Telephone: (916) 779-2402 

Facsimile: (916) 779-1451 

Counsel for Andrew Deems 

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 

On December 23, 2015, Plaintiff Christopher Wadsworth, and Defendants Jeffrey Beard, 

Timothy Belavich, Rachel Chen, Courtney Corrado, Eureka Daye, Andrew Deems, Eric Monthei, 

Chera Van Burg, Laura Whyte, and J. Clark Kelso (collectively, the “Parties”), through their 

respective counsel, filed a Stipulation to Stay proceedings in the above-captioned federal litigation 

due to two related proceedings currently pending before the California State Personnel Board: (1) 

In the Matter of Alleged Retaliation by Timothy Belavich, Eureka Daye, Andrew Deems, and Eric 

Monthei, a whistleblower case (Case No. 15-365WE); and (2) Christopher Wadsworth v. 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al., an evidentiary hearing on a 

Request to File Charges (Case No. 15-355N). Plaintiff Wadsworth intends to assert claims in this 

federal litigation for which he must exhaust his administrative remedies, including some claims 

that first require the State Personnel Board to issue, or fail to issue findings, such that the Parties 

agreed that it would maximize judicial efficiency to stay this case pending resolution of the State 

Personnel Board proceedings. 

On December 23, 2015, the Court granted the Parties’ Stipulation and removed all currently 

scheduled dates and deadlines from the calendar. The Court also reset the Case Management 

Conference previously scheduled for January 28, 2016 for March 17, 2016 and ordered the Parties 

to file a Case Management Conference Statement by March 10, 2016 “to confirm that the state 

board proceedings are moving forward and/or when parties expect a decision to be rendered.” 

The Motion to Consolidate the whistleblower and RFC actions was denied. There is a 

pretrial conference scheduled for April 7, 2016 in the whistleblower case (Case No. 15-365WE), 

and the parties expect the evidentiary hearing in that matter to be completed no later than the end of 

2016. There has not been a date scheduled to hear the RTFC matter. 

For the same reasons contained in the Parties’ Stipulation to Stay, the Parties jointly agree 

that the Court should continue to stay this case until the State Personnel Board issues its final 

decision pursuant to Government Code 19582 in In the Matter of Alleged Retaliation by Timothy 

Belavich, Eureka Daye, Andrew Deems, and Eric Monthei (Case No. 15-0365WE). The Parties 

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will file a status report within fifteen (15) days of the date on which the State Personnel Board 

issues its final decision pursuant to Government Code 19582 in Case No. 15-0365WE. The status 

report shall (a) apprise the Court of the outcome of the proceeding; and (b) propose dates for the 

filing of Plaintiff Wadsworth’s Second Amended Complaint in this Case, for the filing of 

Defendants’ responsive pleadings, and for the Case Management Conference; or advise whether 

the Parties believe the stay should continue until the conclusion of the RTFC matter. 

Dated: March 10, 2016 

RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP 

By: ____/s/ John F. Hyland__________________

 

 

John F. Hyland 

Jessica Riggin 

Counsel for Plaintiff Chris Wadsworth 

Dated: March 10, 2016 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

By: ___/s/ Lyn Harlan______________________

 

 

Lyn Harlan 

Counsel for Jeffrey Beard, Rachel Chen, Courtney 

Corrado, Chera Van Burg, and Laura Whyte 

Dated: March 10, 2016 FUTTERMAN DUPREE DODD CROLEY MAIER 

LLP 

By: ___/s/ Martin Dodd_____________________ 

Martin Dodd 

Counsel for J. Clark Kelso

Dated: March 10, 2016 KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

By: ___/s/ David Tyra______________________

 

David Tyra 

Meredith Packer Garey

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Counsel for Eureka Daye and Timothy Belavich 

Dated: March 10, 2016 ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP

By: ___/s/ Kevin Dehoff__________________ 

Carolee Kilduff 

Kevin Dehoff 

Counsel for Eric Monthei 

Dated: March 10, 2016 VAN DERMYDEN MADDUX

By: ___/s/ Sue_Ann Van Dermyden________ 

Sue Ann Van Dermyden 

Janine Braxton 

Counsel for Andrew Deems 

LOCAL RULE 5-1 ATTESTATION 

I, John F. Hyland, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Substitution of Counsel form. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that: Lyn 

Harlan, Martin Dodd, David Tyra, Kevin Dehoff, and Sue Ann Van Dermyden have concurred in 

the filing of this document with their electronic signatures. 

Dated: March 10, 2016 RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP 

By: _____/s/ John F. Hyland________________ 

 

John F. Hyland 

Counsel for Plaintiff Chris Wadsworth IT IS SO ORDERED that the CMC is 

reset from 3/17/16 to 12/15/16 at 9:30 a.m. 

An updated joint CMC statement shall 

be filed by 12/8/16. 

______________________________ 

Edward M. Chen 

U.S. District Judge

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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