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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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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

Case No. CV 11 4950 MMC 

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MURLENE J. RANDLE, State Bar #98124 

R. WILLIAM REED, Of Counsel, State Bar #261931

LAW OFFICES OF M. J. RANDLE 

235 Montgomery Street, Suite 716 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 352-0189 

Facsimile: (415) 352-0187 

E-Mail: murlene@randlelawoffices.com

will@randlelawoffices.com

Attorneys for the Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AARON C. STEVENSON, KEVIN D. 

TAYLOR, KEVIN W. SMITH, AUDRY 

LEE, and KIRK W. RICHARDSON, 

 Plaintiffs, 

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THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, THE SAN FRANCISCO 

FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN 

FRANCISCO FIRE COMMISSION, and 

THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 

OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. CV 11 4950 MMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

Hearing Date: April 1, 2016 

Hearing Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Place: Federal Courthouse (NDCA) 

 450 Golden Gate Avenue

 San Francisco, CA 94102 

 Courtroom 7, 19th Floor 

Hearing Judge: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

Date Action filed: October 6, 2011 

Trial Date: TBD 

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

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TO DEFENDANTS and COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

YOU (AND EACH OF YOU) ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE as to why you, 

your officers, agents, employees and attorneys should not be restrained and enjoined from: (1) 

administering the H-50 Assistant Chief Examination currently scheduled for the 19th and 20th of 

February 2016, and (2) otherwise making any permanent appointments to the rank of H-50 Assistant 

Chief, until the resolution of Defendants’ disparate impact liability and, if liability is found, the 

Plaintiffs’ requests for equitable relief. 

A hearing will be held in Courtroom 7, located on the 19th floor of the Federal Courthouse on 

450 Golden Gate Street, San Francisco, California 94102, at on 

 . Accordingly, the Defendants’ opposition shall be filed no later than 

 . The Plaintiffs may file a reply no later than . 

PENDING HEARING on the above Order to Show Cause, you, your officers, agents, servants, 

employees, and attorneys, along with all those in active concert or participation with you or them ARE 

HEREBY RESTRAINED AND ENJOINED from: (1) administering the H-50 Assistant Chief 

Examination currently scheduled for the 19th and 20th of February 2016, and (2) otherwise making any 

permanent appointments to the rank of H-50 Assistant Chief. 

DATED: February 5, 2016 

 Honorable Maxine M. Chesney 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

9:00 a.m. April 1,

2016 February 26,

2016 March 11, 2016

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