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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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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (South Carolina Bar No. 9990)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (California Bar No. 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

JENNIFER S WANG (California Bar No. 233155)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6967

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: jennifer.s.wang@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

JOHN E. POTTER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MELODY McDANIEL, ) Case No. C 06-5321 SI

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Plaintiff, )

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) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

) ORDER TO LIMITED RE-OPENING

 v. ) OF FACT DISCOVERY

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JOHN E. POTTER, Postmaster General, )

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Defendant. )

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STIPULATION

1. On July 6, 2007, plaintiff Melody McDaniel, formerly proceeding in pro se, filed a notice

of representation by attorney Linda J. Cox-Cooper, and the Court granted the substitution on July

11, 2007. Given plaintiff’s new representation, the parties stipulated to extend the fact and

expert discovery deadlines thirty (30) days.

2. Pursuant to the stipulation, on July 17, 2007, the Court ordered new deadlines for fact and

expert discovery as follows:

Fact discovery cut-ff: August 13, 2007

Last day to serve expert reports: August 20, 2007

Last day to serve expert rebuttals: August 27, 2007

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Expert discovery cut-off: September 10, 2007

3. On July 30, 2007, plaintiff served her First Request for Production of Documents on

defendant’s counsel. The responses to plaintiff’s requests were due after the August 13, 2007

discovery cut-off. On August 13, 2007, defendant served its responses to Plaintiff’s First

Request for Production of Documents, objecting to the requests as untimely.

4. Plaintiff’s counsel has now asked defendant to stipulate to re-open discovery for the

limited purpose of allowing plaintiff to timely serve Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for

Production of Documents. Plaintiff has agreed to limit her First Set of Requests for Production

of Documents to the same requests she originally served on defendant’s counsel on July 30,

2007. Plaintiff does not request any fact discovery other than Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for

Production of Documents. Plaintiff does not request extension of the expert discovery cut-off

date.

5. Given the limited scope of the discovery plaintiff has requested and plaintiff’s relatively

new representation by counsel, the parties stipulate to a limited re-opening of discovery such that

defendant will provide amended objections and responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for

Production of Documents, as served on July 30, 2007, by September 28, 2007. By agreeing to

provide amended responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production of Documents,

defendant does not waive any applicable objections.

6. On August 23, 2007, defendant filed a letter brief to the Court regarding a discovery

dispute between the parties. Defendant requested that the Court order plaintiff to clarify her

responses to interrogatories 19 through 23 to specify the type of “field work” she was performing

on the five days referenced in the interrogatories. Plaintiff will provide the requested

clarification of interrogatories 19 through 23 in Defendant’s Second Set of Interrogatories by

October 5, 2007.

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7. These extended discovery dates will affect the deadline for filing dispositive motions,

currently set for August 31, 2007, as well as the last day to hear dispositive motions, and the

pretrial conference and trial dates. The parties respectfully stipulate to following new dates:

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions: October 12, 2007

Last Day for Hearing on Dispositive Motions: November 16, 2007

Pre-Trial Conference Date: December 21, 2007

Trial Date: January 7, 2008

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: August 27, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

________/s/____________________

JENNIFER S WANG

Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: August 27, 2007 ________/s/_____________________

LINDA COX-COOPER

Attorney for Plaintiff

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and good cause having been shown, it is ordered that:

1. Fact discovery will re-open for the limited purpose of allowing plaintiff to obtain

Defendant’s Amended Objections and Responses to Plaintiff’s First Request for Production of

Documents, served on July 30, 2007. Defendant will serve its amended objections and responses

by September 28, 2007.

2. Plaintiff will provide the requested clarification of her responses to interrogatories 19

through 23 in Defendant’s Second Set of Interrogatories by October 5, 2007.

3. The Last Day to File Dispositive Motions is extended to October 12, 2007.

4. The Last Day for Hearing on Dispositive Motions is extended to November 16, 2007.

5. The Pre-Trial Conference Date is extended to December 21, 2007.

6. The Trial Date is extended to January 7, 2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _______________________ _______________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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