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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FANG-YUH HSIEH,

Plaintiffs,

v.

R. JAMES NICHOLSON,

Defendants.

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No. C06-5281 PJH (BZ)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO COMPEL

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF

PLAINTIFF

Before the court is defendant’s motion to compel

plaintiff to submit to a psychological examination pursuant to

Rule 35. Having reviewed the papers submitted by both sides,

I find no need for oral argument. I find that plaintiff has

sufficiently placed his mental condition in controversy by the

facts that he sought psychiatric treatment for his claimed

distress and seeks damages for mental distress. The fact that

he has elected to cut off his distress claim in 2002 does not

alter the fact that he has placed his mental condition in

controversy for an earlier period. I further find, that given

the declaration of Dr. Raffle, an examination may lead to the

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discovery of evidence admissible on the issue of what caused

the distress which plaintiff reports experiencing. For these

reasons, IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s motion is GRANTED and

that plaintiff appear for a psychological examination at the

office of Steven Raffle, M.D., 350 Third St., Suite 500,

Oakland, California by no later than September 15, 2007. If

plaintiff wishes to avoid this examination, he is free to

withdraw his entire claim for emotional distress. 

Dated: August 9, 2007

 Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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