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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAIME HUGHES, MARY CORONADO, 

AUDREY MILLS, VIRGINIA

CARDOZA, KAREN DELUCCHI,

JOLENE GIBSON, BARBARA

HEDRICK, SUZANNE HENNING, WILL

JOHNSON, LINDA MAGER, MARIA

MACIAS, CARL MORROW, CANDICE

PRICE, VIRGINIA RUIZ, CARMEN

SIMMONS, TREASA TREDWELL,

MARINA TORRES, SHEILA WALL,

LORIE WEISS and KATHI LYNN

CORONADO,

NO. CIV. S 03-0166 MCE DAD

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER

CITY OF STOCKTON and DOES 1

through 100, in their

individual capacities,

Defendants.

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On June 15, 2005, Defendant City of Stockton (“City”) filed

an Ex Parte Application seeking permission to depose former

Stockton City Manager Dwane Milnes on June 23 or 24, 2005, and to

use that deposition in lieu of Mr. Milnes’ testimony at the trial

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in this matter, presently set to commence on June 29, 2005. 

According to Mr. Milnes’ declaration, he will be out of the

country on a prepaid trip from June 27, 2005 until July 10, 2005

and consequently will be unable to testify until July 11, 2004,

or thereafter. As an alternative to allowing the use of Mr.

Milnes’ deposition testimony at trial, the City asks for an order

ensuring that the liability phase of the trial in this matter is

scheduled to allow Mr. Milnes’ appearance as a witness for the

City.

The City has failed to demonstrate good cause for the

requested relief. The currently scheduled trial date in this

matter has been set since December of 2004. No evidence has been

presented that Mr. Milnes made his travel plans before that time

without knowledge of the currently pending trial date. In

addition, the City has not shown that the issue of Mr. Milnes’

potential inability to testify could not have been raised much

earlier, rather than on the virtual eve of trial (with the City

proposing deposition dates less than a week before trial is set

to begin). Moreover, this trial is scheduled to last fourteen

(14) court days. Only six days of trial will have transpired

before Mr. Milnes returns and is able to testify, and there has

been no showing that the liability phase of trial is reasonably

likely to conclude prior to that time.

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The City’s Ex Parte Application to to depose former Stockton

City Manager Dwane Milnes and use that testimony in lieu of

testimony at trial is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 16, 2005

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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