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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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Case No. 15-CV-01913-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

LYNNE COATES, on behalf of herself and

all others similarly situated and aggrieved,

Plaintiff,

v.

FARMERS GROUP, INC., FARMERS

INSURANCE EXCHANGE, and

FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY,

INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-CV-01913-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Plaintiff’s Attorney: Lori Andrus

Defendants’ Attorneys: Nancy Abell; Heather Morgan; Thomas Barnett

An initial case management conference was held on August 26, 2015. A further case 

management conference is set for December 10, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. The parties shall file their 

joint case management statement by December 3, 2015.

By August 31, 2015, Defendants shall identify all 112 individuals subject to a litigation 

hold by name, job title, and time period for each job title.

The Court grants Defendants’ request to depose the named plaintiff and the three current

opt-in plaintiffs prior to briefing on conditional class certification under the Equal Pay Act. 

Defendants shall produce all documents relevant to conditional class certification prior to those 

depositions. Similarly, any of Defendants’ witnesses related to conditional class certification shall

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be deposed prior to briefing.

Defendants’ request to bifurcate discovery is denied. The parties’ stipulated departures 

from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as they pertain to depositions are granted.

Each side may file only one dispositive motion in the entire case.

The Court set the following case schedule:

Scheduled Event Date

Briefing Schedule on Motion for 

Conditional Class Certification of Equal 

Pay Act Claims and/or Motion to 

Exclude

Motion: October 15, 2015

Opposition: November 6, 2015

Reply: November 24, 2015

Hearing on Motion for Conditional 

Class Certification and/or Motion to 

Exclude

December 10, 2015, at 1:30 p.m.

Further CMC December 10, 2015, at 1:30 p.m.

Last Day to Amend Pleadings/Add 

Parties

February 26, 2016

Opening Expert Reports June 2, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports June 30, 2016

Close of Expert Discovery July 21, 2016

Briefing Schedule on Motions for Class 

Certification and/or Decertification

Motion: July 21, 2016

Opposition: August 18, 2016

Reply: September 8, 2016

Hearing on Motion for Class 

Certification

September 29, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 26, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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