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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

O. MATTHEW THOMAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN FRANCISCO TRAVEL 

ASSOCIATION,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-03043-JD 

ORDER RE DECLARATIONS AND 

RECUSAL

Re: Dkt. Nos. 24, 27

The Court orders the following documents and portions of documents to be stricken from 

the record of this case because they contain inappropriate disclosures about confidential settlement 

negotiations between the parties and their early neutral evaluation session: 

 Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 24) 

at 2:4-6;

 Declaration of O. Matthew Thomas (Dkt. Nos. 24 and 24-1): paragraphs 3 and 13 

of declaration (Dkt. No. 24) and Exhibit 10 (Dkt. No. 24-1);

 Notice of Motion and Motion of Defendant San Francisco Travel Association to 

Strike Plaintiff’s Untimely Opposition Papers (Dkt. No. 27);

 Declaration of Jamie L. Dupree in Support of Motion to Strike Untimely 

Opposition Papers and Exhibits (Dkt. Nos. 27-1 to 27-4).

See Jones v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., No. C-08-03971-JW DMR, 2010 WL 4055928, at *14 (N.D. 

Cal. Oct. 15, 2010) (court has inherent power to strike improperly filed information on settlement 

discussions as inadmissible and improper); ADR L.R. 5-12(a) (Confidential information regarding 

ENE session and materials shall not be disclosed to the assigned judge). 

The Court recuses itself from all further proceedings in this matter, and requests that the 

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Clerk reassign the case to another district judge.

All pending dates of motions, pretrial conferences and trial are vacated and will be reset by 

the newly assigned judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 24, 2015

________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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