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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARGIE CHERRY and ESTORIA CHERRY, on

behalf of themselves and all others similarly

situated,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO

(“City College”) LAWRENCE WONG, in his

official capacity as President of the Board of

Trustees, MILTON MARKS, III, in his official

capacity as Vice-President of the Board of Trustees,

DR. NATALIE BERG, JOHNNIE CARTER, JR.,

DR. ANITA GRIER, JULIO J. RAMOS, RODEL

E. RODIS, in their official capacities as members

of the Board of Trustees, and DR. PHILIP R. RAY,

JR., in his official capacity as Chancellor,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-04981 WHA

ORDER RESOLVING

DISCOVERY DISPUTES AND

GRANTING CONTINUANCE

Due to lack of preparedness, class counsel have now deluged the defense with

voluminous discovery and site inspection demands in the waning days of the discovery period,

currently scheduled to end on August 26, 2005. Plaintiffs’ counsel seek an 11-week extension

of the discovery deadline. Reluctantly, the Court must grant the request as follows:

1. The schedule is adjusted as follows:

Non-expert discovery cutoff: November 11, 2005

Opening expert reports: November 11, 2005

Last day to file dispositive motions: December 22, 2005

Final pretrial conference: January 30, 2006

Trial: February 14, 2006

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United States District Court

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The case management order of February 28, 2005 otherwise remains in effect. (For

example, follow-on expert reports are due as per the guidelines set forth therein.) Any motion

for summary-judgment directed at whether a private right of action exists must be filed by

September 8, 2005, to be heard on the 35-day track. All other summary-judgment motions may

be filed on the schedule above. PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR MORE EXTENSIONS.

2. Plaintiffs are entitled to conduct the site inspections listed in their July 13 notice. 

Defendants must write a letter to plaintiffs’ counsel by August 19, 2005, stating when the sites

will be available for inspection by plaintiffs’ experts, but no earlier than August 25, 2005. All

site inspections must be done by September 30, 2005. If plaintiffs’ counsel or experts fail to

appear at the noticed time for a particular site, they forfeit their right to inspect that site.

Defendants are entitled to have their own experts and counsel present. Should it turn out

that the site inspections are unreasonably wasteful, the plaintiffs and/or plaintiffs’ counsel will

have to pay for unnecessary defense expenses, to be litigated at a subsequent time. Keep track

of all expenses and time spent, in case sanctions are awarded.

3. The deposition dates objected to in Ms. Darsow’s letter of August 2, 2005 are vacated. 

Defense counsel, however, are ordered to send a letter to plaintiffs’ counsel by August 19, 2005,

stating when each of the eighteen proposed deponents will be made available. None shall be

scheduled earlier than August 25, 2005, but all must be done by September 30, 2005.

4. In view of the class status of this case, each side may take up to 25 depositions (total),

subject to further enlargement only for good cause.

5. If counsel continue in their interminable disputes, the Court intends to appoint a special

master, whose fees will be paid by the parties, to resolve future discovery issues.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 5, 2005 WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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