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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM ORDER OF DISMISSAL; CERTIFYING DECLARATION OF SANYA HILL MAXION

IN SUPPORT THEREOF; ORDER Page 1

WILLIAM R. TAMAYO (CA Bar No. 084965)

JONATHAN T. PECK (VA Bar No. 12303)

SANYA HILL MAXION (WA Bar No. 18739) 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

San Francisco District Office

350 The Embarcadero, Suite 500

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone No. (415) 625-5650

Facsimile No. (415) 625-5657

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff,

JOSEPH MICHAEL LOWE

 

 Plaintiff-Intervener

v.

MONTEREY COLLISION FRAME AND

AUTO BODY, INC.,

Defendant.

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Civil Action No. C-06-6032-JF

REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM

ORDER OF DISMISSAL;

CERTIFYING DECLARATION OF

SANYA HILL MAXION IN

SUPPORT THEREOF;

[proposed] ORDER

REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hereby requests

relief from the Order of Dismissal which was entered in this case on May 23, 2007. This

request, which is supported by the accompanying certifying declaration of Sanya Hill

Maxion, is made because the settlement which the parties agreed to in their April 30,

2007 settlement mediation which gave rise to the Court’s Order of Dismissal, is not yet

final, and the consideration for that settlement, a Consent Decree which provides for

monetary damages and injunctive relief, has not been executed by the parties or

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REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM ORDER OF DISMISSAL; CERTIFYING DECLARATION OF SANYA HILL MAXION

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 submitted to the Court for approval. This request is being made within the ninety days

provided for in the Order of Dismissal. 

Plaintiff EEOC requests that the date for requesting relief from the Order of

Dismissal be extended one month to September 23, 2007, to allow the parties to finalize

their Consent Decree settlement agreement and lodge it with the Court. In the

alternative, Plaintiff EEOC requests that the Order of Dismissal be vacated and the case

restored to the Court’s calendar. 

Dated: June 28, 2007 /S/ Sanya Hill Maxion 

Attorney for Plaintiff EEOC

CERTIFYING DECLARATION OF SANYA HILL MAXION IN SUPPORT OF

REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM ORDER OF DISMISSAL

I, Sanya Hill Maxion, declare:

1. I am an attorney at law, licensed to practice in the State of Washington, a

senior trial attorney with Plaintiff EEOC, and an attorney of record for Plaintiff EEOC in

the above-captioned case. 

2. On , April 30, 2007 the parties to this case (Plaintiff EEOC, PlaintiffIntervener Robert Michael Lowe and Defendant Monterey Collision participated in

mediation under the Northern District of California’s Alternative Dispute Resolution

(ADR) program, with Mediator Robert Epstein. I was present at that mediation

representing Plaintiff EEOC. At that mediation, the parties agreed that the case would

be settled through a Consent Decree. The parties agreed on a monetary damages

figure, various injunctive provisions which would be included in the Decree, the

duration of the Decree (three years), and other matters related to settlement of the case. 

The parties did not write the exact language of the Consent Decree at that mediation,

but did reduce to writing an agreement addressing the basic settlement terms.

3. On May 21, 2007, the mediator filed a Certification of ADR Session with

this Court stating that the mediation had taken place, checking that the case had settled

and that the ADR process was completed.

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REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM ORDER OF DISMISSAL; CERTIFYING DECLARATION OF SANYA HILL MAXION

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4. On May 23, 2007, this Court entered an Order of Dismissal Upon

Settlement. This Order of Dismissal provides that the case is “dismissed with

prejudice,” but further provides:

However, that if any party hereto certifies to this court, within ninety days

with proof of service of a copy thereof, that the agreed consideration for

said settlement has not been delivered over, the foregoing order shall

stand vacated and this cause shall forthwith be restored to the calendar to

be set for trial.

(NDCA Docket No. 35)

 Said ninety days will end on August 21, 2007.

5. Although the parties have exchanged drafts of the Consent Decree and

related settlement documents, they have not yet finalized these documents and it is

unclear whether the Consent Decree can be lodged with the Court prior to August 21,

2007. 

6. Plaintiff EEOC therefore hereby requests that the Court either extend for

one month (September 21, 2007) the deadline for the parties to submit certification to

the Court that settlement has not occurred or, in the alternative, that the Court vacate

the Order of Dismissal Upon Settlement and restore this matter to the Court’s calendar.

7. As counsel for Plaintiff EEOC, pursuant to the provisions of the Order of

Dismissal Upon Settlement, I hereby certify to the Court, with proof of service of a copy

on opposing counsel, that settlement has not in fact occurred. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed this twenty-eighth day of June, 2007, at San Francisco, California.

 /S/ Sanya Hill Maxion 

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ORDER

Plaintiff having certified that settlement has not in fact occurred:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that either party shall have until September 21, 2007 to

certify to the Court, with proof of service on opposing counsel, that settlement has not

in fact occurred. Upon proper certification, the Order of Dismissal filed May 23, 2007,

2007 shall be vacated and the cause shall forthwith be restored to the Court’s calendar. 

[or in the alternative]

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Order of Dismissal issued by this Court on

May 23, 2007 is hereby vacated and the action is restored to the Court’s calendar.

Dated:__________________ ______________________________

United States District Court Judge

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