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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AFSHIN TIRAIE,

Plaintiff,

v.

GAVILAN JOINT COMMUNITY 

COLLEGE DISTRICT,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-06727-SVK 

INTERIM ORDER REGARDING

PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. Nos. 23, 25

The Court has received Plaintiff’s opposition to Defendant’s motion for summary 

judgment, in which Plaintiff asserts that additional discovery is necessary to oppose Defendant’s 

motion. See ECF 25. The Court construes Plaintiff’s opposition as a motion to allow time for 

discovery under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(d). The Court notes that fact discovery closes 

on May 31, 2019, and the Parties are set for a settlement conference on June 4, 2019. ECF 14; 

ECF 15. 

The Court ORDERS as follows:

I. To properly evaluate Plaintiff’s request, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to provide the 

information set forth below. 

No later than May 21, 2019, Plaintiff shall:

1. Identify the specific outstanding discovery requests to which Plaintiff contends 

Defendant has yet to respond. These must be requests that have already been served. 

For each request, Plaintiff is to set forth:

a. The specific request; 

b. The date it was served; 

c. The response he has received from Defendant, if any; and

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d. What meet and confer efforts have taken place between the Parties, if any.

2. In addition to the outstanding requests identified in no. 1 above, if Plaintiff contends 

that he also needs to serve new discovery requests on either Defendant or third parties, 

he must: 

a. Provide the Court with a copy of the new request(s);

b. Identify the reason for the request(s) and why it was not served earlier to allow 

for completion of discovery by May 31, 2019, and

c. Ask the Court for permission to serve the request(s), in light of the close of fact 

discovery on May 31, 2019.

II. The Court further ORDERS that Defendant shall not file a reply in support of its summary 

judgment motion (currently due on May 9, 2019) at this time. Instead, Defendant shall 

respond as directed below. 

No later than May 28, 2019, Defendant shall:

1. For any outstanding requests identified in I(1) above, provide its response and set forth 

its position as to whether its response is complete; 

2. For any discovery identified in I(2) above, set forth its position, including any 

objections. 

III. After reviewing the Parties’ submissions, the Court will make a determination as to 

whether Plaintiff should be allowed limited, focused discovery to respond to Defendant’s 

motion for summary judgment or if briefing on the motion should resume.

IV. Finally, at this time, all case deadlines remain in place. 

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The Court informs Plaintiff that the Federal Pro Se Program at the San Jose Courthouse 

provides free information and limited-scope legal advice to pro se litigants in federal civil cases. 

The Federal Pro Se Program is available by appointment and on a drop-in basis. The Federal Pro 

Se Program is available at Room 2070 in the United States Courthouse in San Jose (Monday to 

Thursday 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., on Friday by appointment only), or by calling (408) 297-1480. 

Parties may make appointments by contacting the program’s staff attorney, Mr. Kevin Knestrick, 

at (408) 297-1480 or kknestrick@asianlawalliance.org. In addition, the Court offers a pro se 

handbook free of charge; a copy may be obtained from the Clerk’s office or downloaded from 

http://cand.uscourts.gov/prosehandbook. 

SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 6, 2019

SUSAN VAN KEULEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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