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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUZETTE TIPPITT,

Plaintiff,

v.

TESORO REFINING & MARKETING 

COMPANY LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03893-RS 

ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL BRIEFING 

AND CONTINUING SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT HEARING

In their motion for summary judgment, defendants contend that this action is time-barred 

in its entirety through the operation of regulations promulgated by the California Department of 

Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”). Those regulations provide:

(d) The department shall amend closed employment discrimination complaints as 

requested by complainants or their counsel.

(e) When the department amends a closed complaint, the department shall neither 

reopen the complaint nor make an administrative determination on the validity, 

retroactivity, or merits of the amendment. 

(f) When a closed complaint is amended by the department, the original filing 

date and right-to-sue notice shall remain in effect, as shall the original statute of 

limitations for filing a private lawsuit. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, § 10022(d)-(f) 

(emphasis added).

The parties are hereby ordered to prepare and submit additional briefing addressing in 

more detail whether the above provisions operate to bar plaintiff’s claims of gender 

discrimination. The parties’ briefing shall specifically address whether the DFEH has authority to 

define the statute of limitations established by California Government Code § 12965(b) in the 

manner apparently contemplated by the regulations. On or before July 24, 2015, each party shall 

file a brief of no more than five pages addressing the foregoing issues. The hearing on defendants’ 

motion for summary judgment is hereby continued to August 13, 2015 at 1:30 PM.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 6, 2015

______________________________________

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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