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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

For the Northern District of California

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 It appears from the record in this case that only McPherson was deposed in December 2005.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD ALVARADO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

 FEDEX CORPORATION,

Defendant. /

No. C 04-0098 SI

Related Case C 04-0099 SI

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL

RECONSIDERATION OF JUNE 27, 2006

ORDER

On July 20, 2005, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a motion for partial reconsideration

of the Court’s June 27, 2006 order. Plaintiffs request that the Court reconsider its complete exclusion

of plaintiffs’ experts McPherson and Stephenson because, inter alia, portions of the December 29, 2005

expert reports were not “preliminary.” Plaintiffs also argue that the severance of plaintiffs’ trials is also

a factor weighing in favor of allowing plaintiffs to present expert evidence and testimony from

McPherson and Stephenson.

After review of plaintiffs’ papers, the Court hereby GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion as follows:

plaintiffs are not precluded from relying on the non-preliminary portions of the December 29, 2005

reports prepared by McPherson and Stephenson, and McPherson’s testimony thereon,1

 if (1) plaintiffs

make McPherson available for further deposition prior to the pretrial conference in this case (see

schedule below), and (2) the deposition and any trial testimony is limited solely to the non-preliminary

damages figures contained in the December 2005 reports. Accordingly, in order to accommodate the

need for such a deposition and conflicts in the Court’s trial calendar, the July 25, 2006 pretrial

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conference is rescheduled to August 15, 2006, and the trial for plaintiff Alvarado is rescheduled to

August 28, 2006. At the August 15, 2006 pretrial conference, the Court shall address any issues

concerning the admissibility of Mr. McPherson’s expert testimony.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 21, 2006 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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