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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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GRIMMWAY ENTERPRISES,dba, )

GRIMMWAY FARMS, et.al., )

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Defendants. )

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1:06cv0561 AWI DLB

ORDER GRANTING 

MOTION TO INTERVENE

(Document 26)

On April 12, 2007, Applicant-intervenor Ana-Berta Rubio filed the instant motion to

intervene in this action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a) and (b) and 42 U.S.C.

§2000e-5(f). On April 13, 2007, plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a

notice of non-opposition to the motion for leave to intervene. On May 14, 2007, defendants

Grimm Enterprises, Inc., dba Grimmway Farms and Esparza Enterprises, Inc. filed notices of

non-opposition to the motion. The Court deemed to the motion suitable for decision without

hearing and took the motion under submission on May 15, 2007.

DISCUSSION

A. Legal Standard

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24 provides for intervention as of right and permissive

intervention. The Trustees seek leave to intervene on both grounds. Rule 24 provides:

(a) Intervention of Right. Upon timely application anyone shall be permitted to

 intervene in an action: (1) when a statute of the United States confers an

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unconditional right to intervene; or (2) when the applicant claims an interest relating to

the property or transaction which is the subject of the action and the applicant is so

situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the

applicant's ability to protect that interest, unless the applicant's interest is adequately

represented by existing parties.

(b) Permissive Intervention. Upon timely application anyone may be permitted to

intervene in an action: (1) when a statute of the United States confers a conditional right

to intervene; or (2) when an applicant's claim or defense and the main action have a

question of law or fact in common. When a party to an action relies for ground of claim

or defense upon any statute or executive order administered by a federal or state

governmental officer or agency or upon any regulation, order, requirement, or agreement

issued or made pursuant to the statute or executive order, the officer or agency upon

timely application may be permitted to intervene in the action. In exercising its discretion

the court shall consider whether the intervention will unduly delay or prejudice the

adjudication of the rights of the original parties.

Upon timely application, Rule 24(a) provides for intervention as a matter of right when a

statute of the United States confers an unconditional right to intervene. Title VII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964, as amended, provides that the party aggrieved by a violation of Title VII

shall have the right to intervene in a civil action brought by the EEOC. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e5(f)(1).

Based on the timely application and pursuant to Rule 24(a), applicant-intervenor has an

unconditional right to intervene in this action. There is no opposition to the motion. 

Accordingly, applicant-intervenor’s motion for leave to intervene is HEREBY GRANTED. 

Applicant-intervenor may file the complaint attached as Exhibit “A” to the Declaration of

William J. Smith in Support of Motion for Leave to Intervene. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 15, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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