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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE; 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Case No. C 04-5107 CW

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MILLER 

LAW 

GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

LARKSPUR, CALIFORNIA

Michele Ballard Miller (SBN 104198) 

Kerry McInerney Freeman (SBN184764) 

Lisa C. Hamasaki (SBN 197628) 

MILLER LAW GROUP 

A Professional Corporation 

60 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ste. 302 

Larkspur, CA 94939 

Tel. (415) 464-4300 

Fax (415) 464-4336 

Attorneys for Defendants CHEVRON 

CORPORATION (f/k/a ChevronTexaco 

Corporation) and CHEVRON INTERNATIONAL 

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION 

(f/k/a ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum), 

a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

SUSAN J. HARRIMAN (SBN 111703) 

CHRISTA M. ANDERSON (SBN 184325) 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Tel. (415) 391-5400 

Fax (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for Plaintiff KIRAN PANDE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KIRAN PANDE, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

CHEVRON CORPORATION (f/k/a 

ChevronTexaco Corporation) and CHEVRON 

INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION & 

PRODUCTION (f/k/a ChevronTexaco 

Overseas Petroleum), a division of Chevron 

U.S.A. Inc. 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C 04-5107 CW 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 

ASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

Trial Date: October 9, 2007 

Time: 8:30 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom 2 

Pre-Trial Conf.: May 22, 2007 

Complaint filed: December 2, 2004 

ORDER GRANTING

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MILLER 

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GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

LARKSPUR, CALIFORNIA

 Plaintiff Kiran Pande and Defendants CHEVRON CORPORATION (formerly 

known as ChevronTexaco Corporation) and CHEVRON INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION 

& PRODUCTION COMPANY (formerly known as ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum), a 

division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (hereinafter “Defendants”) hereby stipulate and request an 

Order assigning this case to one of the three United States Magistrate Judges listed below 

for further proceedings in this case, including trial and the entry of final judgment. Appeal 

from the judgment shall be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit. 

 Specifically, the parties stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. That this matter may be assigned to either Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero, 

Chief Magistrate Judge James Larson, or Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena 

James for all further proceedings including trial, except as set forth in 

paragraph 2 below; and 

2. That Defendants’ Motion In Limine To Exclude Testimony And Evidence 

Suggesting Plaintiff Is Entitled To Relief On Her FMLA and CFRA Claims 

(Motion In Limine Number One) be excluded from any such reassignment to 

permit Judge Wilken the authority and opportunity to issue a ruling on the 

Motion In Limine. This Motion In Limine is currently under submission, and all 

briefing and oral argument on such motion has been completed; and 

3. The parties further agree to vacate the current trial date and that following 

assignment to a Magistrate Judge, this matter shall be set for trial on a date 

and time on or after October 9, 2007 that is agreeable to the Court and to all 

parties. 

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SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: September 6, 2007 MILLER LAW GROUP 

A Professional Corporation 

By: /S/ 

 Michele Ballard Miller 

Attorneys for Defendants CHEVRON 

CORPORATION (f/k/a ChevronTexaco 

Corporation) and CHEVRON 

INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION & 

PRODUCTION COMPANY (f/k/a 

ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum), a 

division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 

Dated: September 6, 2007 KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

By: /S/ 

 SUSAN J. HARRIMAN 

CHRISTA M. ANDERSON 

Attorneys for Plaintiff KIRAN PANDE 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The trial date of October 9, 2007 is hereby vacated. 

2. This case is assigned to Magistrate Judge ____________ for all further 

proceedings and for trial, except as set forth below. 

3. That The Honorable Claudia Wilken shall retain the authority to rule on 

Defendants’ Motion In Limine Number One (To Exclude Testimony and 

Evidence Suggesting Plaintiff is Entitled to Relief on Her FMLA and 

CFRA Claims) as such motion is currently under submission, and all 

briefing and oral argument on such motion has been completed. 

4. The parties, in conjunction with the assigned Magistrate Judge shall set 

a trial date for this matter on or after October 9, 2007 that is agreeable 

to the Court and the parties. 

Dated: ________________________ _______________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

maintained Spero any needed pretrial proceedings. 9/11/07

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