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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission, 

Plaintiff, 

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Elgirtha Worthy, 

Intervenor,

vs.

East Valley Diagnostic Imaging, LLC, 

Defendant. 

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No. CV 06-1396-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Elgirtha Worthy’s (“Worthy”) Motion to Intervene as a

Plaintiff. (Dkt. 9.) Worthy argues that, as the charging party in this matter, she “has a

statutory right to intervene in this Action, pursuant to Rule 24(a)(1).” (Dkt. 9 at 3.) Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a) provides that, upon timely application anyone shall be

permitted to intervene in an action “when a statute of the United States confers an

unconditional right to intervene.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a). Defendant East Valley Diagnostic

Imaging, LLC (“Defendant”) does not contest Worthy’s right to intervene in this suit

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1). (Dkt. 14 at 1.) 

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As the charging party in this case (see dkt.6), the Court agrees that Worthy has a right

to intervene in this action pursuant to Rule 24(a) and 42 U.S.C. § 5000e-5(f)(1). The

statutory language of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1), grants the charging employee an

unconditional right to intervene in cases brought by the EEOC so long as the application is

timely. The EEOC’s amended complaint in this matter was filed on July 26, 2006. (Dkt. 6.)

Worthy’s Motion to Intervene was filed a mere two months later. The Court concludes that

the motion is timely. Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED GRANTING Elgirtha Worthy’s Motion to Intervene

as a Plaintiff. (Dkt. 9.) 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall file the Complaint

attached to Worthy’s Motion to Intervene (see dkt. 9) as the Complaint in Intervention.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant East Valley Diagnostic Imaging, LLC

shall timely file an answer to the Complaint in Intervention.

DATED this 28th day of February, 2007.

 

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