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

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Case No.: 5:18-cv-03631-EJD

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

KELLY BLICE, 

Plaintiff, 

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BMC SOFTWARE, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 5:18-cv-03631-EJD 

ORDER RE JOINT CASE 

MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 

Re: Dkt. No. 21 

This case is scheduled for a Case Management Conference on February 14, 2019 at 10:00 

a.m. For the reasons stated below, the Case Management Conference is continued until April 25, 

2019 at 10:00 a.m. 

Kelly Blice filed this action in the Santa Clara County Superior Court on May 15, 2018. 

The action was removed to this Court in June 2018. Ms. Blice passed away in or around early 

November 2018. Defendant filed a Suggestion of Death on November 11, 2018. Dkt. 13. 

Plaintiff represents that it intends to file a Rule 25 Motion to Substitute, and that Ms. Blice is 

survived by her brother, Christopher Blice. Dkt. 21 at 5. Mr. Blice has filed a Notice of Petition 

to Administer Estate in the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Dkt. 21 at 5-6. The Notice is set 

for hearing on March 14, 2019. Id. 

Rule 25(a) provides that, in the event of the death of a party, a Motion to Substitute must 

be made within 90 days of service of the statement noticing the death. The Ninth Circuit has ruled 

that “[t]his 90-day deadline may be extended by Rule 6(b).” Zanowick v. Baxter Healthcare 

Corp., 850 F.3d 1090, 1094 (9th Cir. 2017). 

The Court ORDERS as follows: 

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The deadline for Plaintiff to file a Rule 25 Motion to Substitute is extended until April 12, 

2019. The Case Management Conference set for February 14, 2019 is continued until April 25, 

2019 at 10:00 a.m. The Parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement no later than April 

15, 2019. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 5, 2019 

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EDWARD J. DAVILA 

United States District Judge 

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