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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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Case No. 15-CV-01913-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

LYNNE COATES,

Plaintiff,

v.

FARMERS GROUP, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-CV-01913-LHK 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Plaintiff’s Attorneys: Lori Andrus, Jennie Lee Anderson, Lori Costanzo

Defendants’ Attorneys: Nancy Abell, Neal Mollen

A case management conference was held on December 10, 2015. A further case 

management conference is set for March 16, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint 

case management statement by March 9, 2016. The joint case management statement shall 

propose a schedule through trial. 

The parties shall file any motions to compel or motions for spoliation with Magistrate

Judge Nathanael Cousins and comply with his pre-filing requirements, if any.

By December 14, 2015, Defendants shall provide to Plaintiff the available dates for the 

eleven requested corporate deponents.

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Case No. 15-CV-01913-LHK

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By December 17, 2015,1 Defendants shall produce the names of individuals whose 

documents are responsive to Plaintiff’s requests for document production.

The deposition limits previously agreed to by the parties shall apply to the opt-in plaintiffs.

Each side may serve up to fifty interrogatories. Discovery is limited to 10% of the opt-in 

plaintiffs. 

As stated in the Court’s December 9, 2015 Order, Plaintiff’s counsel shall send the

approved notice to the potential members of the conditionally-certified EPA collective action. 

ECF No. 78.

The case schedule remains as set:

Scheduled Event Date

Last Day to Amend Pleadings/Add 

Parties

February 26, 2016

Opening Expert Reports June 2, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports June 30, 2016

Close of Expert Discovery July 21, 2016

Briefing Schedule on Motions for Class 

Certification and/or Decertification

Motion: July 21, 2016

Opposition: August 18, 2016

Reply: September 8, 2016

Hearing on Motion for Class 

Certification

September 29, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 10, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

 

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The Court did not impose the December 17, 2015 deadline at the case management conference.

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