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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Walter Thomas Sowell, Jr.

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 

Defendant. 

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No. CV 07-1738-PHX-JAT

ORDER

Currently pending before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. #6).

Plaintiff filed a response (Doc. #10) to which Defendant replied (Doc. #16).

The Court has reviewed the motion to dismiss and has decided to treat it as a motion

for summary judgment. Pursuant to Rule 12(d), to consider matters outside the pleadings that

the defendant presented along with a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, “the motion must be treated as

one for summary judgment under Rule 56.” Because the Court has decided to treat the

motion to dismiss as a summary judgment motion, the parties must have a reasonable

opportunity to present pertinent material. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(d).

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff shall file a brief within 5 days of the date of this

Order on: (1) whether equitable tolling applies in this case; and (2) whether the General

Release (Doc. #6, Ex. #1) effectively bars Plaintiff’s claims.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant shall reply to Plaintiff’s brief within

5 days of its filing.

DATED this 2nd day of June, 2008.

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