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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STEPHEN P. BERZON (SBN 46540)

JEFFREY B. DEMAIN (SBN 126715)

PEDER J. THOREEN (SBN 217081)

Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, 

 Rubin & Demain

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

sberzon@altshulerberzon.com

jdemain@altshulerberzon.com

pthoreen@altshulerberzon.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

Service Employees International Union, Local 1000

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIANNE KNOX; WILLIAM L. BLAYLOCK;

ROBERT A. CONOVER; EDWARD L.

DOBROWOLSKI, JR.; KARYN GIL;

THOMAS JACOB HASS; PATRICK

JOHNSON; AND JON JUMPER, ON BEHALF

OF THEMSELVES AND THE CLASS THEY

SEEK TO REPRESENT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

STEVE WESTLY, Controller, State of

California; AND CALIFORNIA STATE

EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 1000,

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL

UNION, AFL-CIO-CLC,

Defendants.

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No. 2:05-CV-2198 MCE (KJM)

ORDER CONTINUING

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

CLASS CERTIFICATION

Having considered defendant Service Employees International Union, Local 1000’s

(hereinafter “the Union”) unopposed request that plaintiffs’ motion for class certification be

continued, and the record in this case, the Court hereby finds as follows:

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Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, Docket No. 45, is set for hearing on August 7,

2006. Currently under submission with the Court is the Union’s Rule 12(c) motion for partial

judgment on the pleadings. Docket No. 50, 56. The Union has requested that the briefing of

plaintiffs’ class certification motion be continued until after the Court resolves the Union’s

Rule 12(c) motion. The Court finds that resolution of the Union’s Rule 12(c) motion may

significantly simplify class certification issues and will likely affect the Union’s response to the

plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.

Good cause being shown, it is HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs’ motion for class

certification is taken off calendar. The Court hereby vacates the August 7, 2006 hearing date

set for plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. Plaintiffs may re-notice their motion for class

certification after the Court issues an order adjudicating the Union’s Rule 12(c) motion.

Dated: July 11, 2006

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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