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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612)

United States Attorney

ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348)

Chief, Civil Division

ANN MARIE REDING (CABN 226468)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6813

FAX: (415) 436-6748

annie.reding@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

SHEILA BLACKMAN-BAHAM,

Plaintiff,

v.

SALLY JEWELL, Secretary, Department of 

Interior,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. CV 15-01922 JSW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE

MOTION TO DISMISS 

Pro se plaintiff Sheila Blackman-Baham (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of herself, and Defendant Sally 

Jewell, Secretary, Department of Interior (“Defendant”), by and through her counsel, make the 

following representations and stipulate and agree as follows:

1. On April 29, 2015, Plaintiff filed her Complaint. See Docket No. 1.

2. On May 11, 2015, the U.S. Attorney’s Office received a copy of Plaintiff’s Complaint by 

certified mail. See Declaration of Ann Marie Reding (“Reding Decl.”), ¶ 2.

3. On July 10, 2015, Defendant filed a motion dismiss Plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety. 

Defendant also filed an administrative motion to relate this case to an earlier-filed case involving the 

same parties and some of the same claims, Case No. CV 10-02656 JSW. Reding Decl., ¶ 3; Dkt No. 10 

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in Case No. CV 10-02656 JSW.

4. On July 16, 2015, Plaintiff wrote an email to counsel for Defendant requesting an 

extension of time to file her opposition to Defendant’s motion to dismiss until August 21, 2015. Reding 

Decl. ¶ 4. 

5. On July 20, 2015, the Court related this case to Case No. CV 10-02656 JSW, and 

reassigned this case to the Honorable Jeffrey S. White. The Court also vacated the hearing date on

Defendant’s motion to dismiss and requested that she re-notice the motion before Judge White. Id. ¶ 5.

6. On July 20, 2015, Defendant filed a re-notice of her motion to dismiss, noticing the 

hearing for September 25, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. before Judge White. Id. ¶ 6. On the same date, Plaintiff 

confirmed that she would still like the previously requested extension of time to file her opposition. Id.

7. In light of Plaintiff’s request, the parties stipulate and agree to the following:

• August 21, 2015 - Last day for Plaintiff to file and serve her opposition to Defendant’s 

motion to dismiss; and

• August 31, 2015 - Last day for Defendant to file and serve her reply in support of her 

motion to dismiss.

Id. at ¶ 7.

8. No prior extensions of time have been requested or granted. See id. at ¶ 8.

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9. The requested time modifications will have no impact on the hearing on Defendant’s 

motion to dismiss. See id.

DATED: July 22, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

____/s/ Sheila Blackman-Baham______________

SHEILA BLACKMAN-BAHAM

Plaintiff

DATED: July 22, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

MELINDA HAAG

United States Attorney

___/s/ Ann Marie Reding1____________________

ANN MARIE REDING

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiff and Defendant’s Stipulation and Proposed Order re Motion to Dismiss is hereby 

GRANTED. Plaintiff shall file her opposition to Defendant’s motion to dismiss on or before August 21, 

2015. Defendant shall file her reply on or before August 31, 2015. The hearing on Defendant’s motion 

to dismiss is set for September 25, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

Date: July ____, 2015

_______________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

 1 I, Ann Marie Reding, hereby attest that I obtained the concurrence in the filing of this 

document of all signatories whose signatures are represented by /s/.

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