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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Federal Building, Room 3654

1130 “O” Street

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 498-7272

Facsimile: (559) 498-7432

Attorneys for Defendant William J. Henderson,

Postmaster General of the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAKILA E. SALAZAR, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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WILLIAM J. HENDERSON, )

POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE )

UNITES STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

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1:00-cv-06865-DLB

APPLICATION FOR ORDER

SHORTENING TIME ON MOTION FOR

LEAVE TO FILE MOTION FOR

PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES;

CERTIFICATE IN SUPPORT THEREOF;

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

Defendant WILLIAM J. HENDERSON, POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereby applies for an Order Shortening

Time for the hearing of his Motion for Leave to File Motion for

Partial Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s Claims for Damages, filed

May 6, 2005. The attached Certificate in Support of Application

for Order Shortening Time demonstrates that the hearing of this

motion on shortened time is necessary because discovery was

reopened on the issue of Plaintiff’s damages, no dispositive

motion deadline was set on issues related to that discovery, and

the trial is scheduled for September 20, 2005. Defendant 

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therefore requests that his motion be heard on or before May 20,

2005, and waives the right to file a reply to expedite the

hearing of his motion.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: May 6, 2005. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kimberly A. Gaab 

KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

William J. Henderson,

 Postmaster General of the

United States of America

CERTIFICATE IN SUPPORT OF

APPLICATION FOR ORDER SHORTENING TIME

I, Kimberly A. Gaab, declare:

1. I am an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern

District of California and the attorney of record for Defendant

William J. Henderson, Postmaster General of the United States of

America, in the above-entitled action. I have personal knowledge

of the matters set forth herein and, if called upon to testify,

could and would competently testify thereto.

2. This certificate is submitted in support of Defendant’s

Application for Order Shortening Time to have his Motion for

Leave to File Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s

Claims for Damages heard on or before May 20, 2005.

3. This is a Title VII case. The former Assistant U.S.

Attorney handling this case, Linda Anderson, retired from the

office in October 2004, and the case was assigned to me

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thereafter. Prior to my involvement in the case, the parties

stipulated to a dispositive motion schedule addressing new claims

added by Plaintiff in his First Amended Complaint for Damages. 

Any dispositive motions were to be filed by January 20, 2004. 

(See Stipulation on Further Scheduling; Order Thereon, filed

November 6, 2003 (Doc. No. 72).)

4. Thereafter, Defendant moved for leave to reopen

discovery on the issue of Plaintiff’s damages since 2001. In its

June 24, 2004 Amended Scheduling Conference Order, the Court

reopened discovery on the issue of Plaintiff’s damages since

August 2001. No dispositive motion filing deadline was set in

that order. (See Amended Scheduling Conference Order, filed

June 24, 2004 (Doc. No. 85).)

5. I took Plaintiff’s deposition on January 31, 2005 and

subpoenaed additional information in response to Plaintiff’s

testimony. In conducting discovery on the issue of Plaintiff’s

damages, I determined a ground for the limitation of those

claimed damages. Since the Court did not set a dispositive

motion deadline when it reopened discovery on the issue of

Plaintiff’s damages, and since Plaintiff has been unwilling to

agree to a date for the hearing of such a motion, it was

necessary for me to file a motion for leave of Court for

Defendant to file his motion for partial summary judgment on

Plaintiff’s claims for damages.

6. A hearing before this Court on shortened time is

necessary in order to ensure that the Court has sufficient time

to decide Defendant’s dispositive motion prior to the

September 20, 2005 trial date.

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7. I first raised the issue of filing a dispositive motion

on Plaintiff’s damages claim in a March 18, 2005 letter to

Plaintiff’s counsel, Stephen P. Wainer. I requested that

Mr. Wainer stipulate to a mutually-agreeable date for such a

motion. I received no response. On April 11, 2005, I sent

Mr. Wainer another letter renewing my request that he stipulate

to a mutually-agreeable date or otherwise advise me whether I

needed to file a motion for leave with the Court. I again

received no response. On April 21, 2005, I telephoned

Mr. Wainer, who returned my call on April 26, 2005 with a request

that I provide him with case law in support of the summary

adjudication motion on Plaintiff’s claims for damages. I did so

on April 28, 2005. Since that time, I have sent additional

correspondence and left telephone messages with Mr. Wainer

advising him that if he did not agree to a date for the summary

adjudication motion, I would move for leave of Court and seek

shortened time for the hearing of the motion. Mr. Wainer has not

contacted me with any objection to a hearing of this matter on

shortened time.

7. I certify that the Application for Order Shortening

Time is made in good faith and for good cause.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the

United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct

and that this declaration was executed this 6th day of May, 2005,

in Fresno, California.

 /s/ Kimberly A. Gaab 

 KIMBERLY A. GAAB

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ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that the Application for Order Shortening Time

for Defendant’s Motion for Leave to File Motion for Partial

Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s Claims for Damages is GRANTED;

The motion will be heard on May 27, 2005, at 9:00 a.m., in

Courtroom 5. Plaintiff’s opposition to the motion, if any, is

due on May 23, 2005.

Dated: May 9, 2005 ___/s/ Dennis L. Beck_

 DENNIS L. BECK

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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