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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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Order re PMK, Disc Case # C 06-1642 

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DEBORAH KOCHAN (S.B. #152089)

MATHEW STEPHENSON (S.B. #154330)

KOCHAN & STEPHENSON 

260 California Street, Suite 803 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 392-6200 

Facsimile: (415) 392-6242 

dkochan@kochanstephenson.net 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CHRISTINA MATEER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHRISTINA MATEER, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

INTEROCEAN AMERICAN SHIPPING 

CORP., 

 Defendant. 

 Case No.: C 06-1642-WHA 

ORDER RE PMK DEPOSITION AND 

FURTHER DISCOVERY 

Date: December 5, 2006 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 9 

Plaintiff Christina Mateer has moved for an order compelling production of certain 

documents and the further deposition of defendant’s person most knowledgeable. The parties 

also submitted a stipulation seeking the Court’s approval to conduct certain discovery after the 

close of discovery. The Court has considered the moving and opposition papers and the oral 

arguments of counsel. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Defendant shall produce documents responsive to plaintiff’s third request for production 

regarding terminations occurring on March 14, 2000, September 8, 2001 and November 

12, 2005, including the respective seamen’s entire personnel files appropriately redacted 

to preserve privacy; 

2. Defendant shall produce a person most knowledgeable to testify on the subjects outlined 

in plaintiff’s PMK deposition notice dated October 25, 2006; 

3. Plaintiff shall be allowed to take a half day deposition of Captain Chase in late January 

2007 when the vessel on which he is currently serving returns stateside. There shall be 

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Order re PMK, Disc Case # C 06-1642 

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no delay of this deposition nor delay of any motion for summary judgment on account of 

the timing of this deposition; 

4. Plaintiff shall be allowed to conduct a half hour deposition of the custodian of records for 

Pacific Gulf Marine on December 6, 2006; 

5. Plaintiff shall not be allowed to take the deposition of Harry Rogers or Ariel Lopez; 

6. The Court declines to rule on the matter of plaintiff’s demand for a vessel inspection and 

acoustics testing, counsel having agreed on the record to proceed with said inspection and 

testing if it remains an issue after having met and conferred regarding same. 

Dated: _____________ 

Hon. William H. Alsup 

United States District Court Judge 

APPROVED AS TO FORM 

Dated: _____________ 

/s/ Katharine Essick 

Katharine Essick, Esq. 

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December 8, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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