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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

DISCOVERY AND CLASS CERTIFICATION 

Case No. C-05-1597-EDL 

BILL LANN LEE 

(State Bar No. 108452) 

blee@lewisfeinberg.com 

MARGARET HASSELMAN 

(State Bar No. 228529) 

mhasselman@lewisfeinberg.com 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, 

RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

KELLY DERMODY 

(State Bar No. 171716) 

DANIEL M. HUTCHINSON 

(State Bar No. 239458) 

dhutchinson@lchb.com 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN 

& BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 3000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sylvia Darensburg, 

Vivian Hain, and the Proposed Class; and 

Plaintiff Communities for a Better 

Environment 

[Additional Plaintiffs’ counsel listed at 

end] 

KIMON MANOLIUS (State Bar No. 154971) 

WARREN WEBSTER (State Bar No. 209540) 

JULIA H. VEIT (State Bar No. 209207) 

KARIN M. ARNOLD (State Bar No. 228565) 

HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS 

VLAHOS & RUDY, LLP 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366 

FRANCIS F. CHIN (State Bar No. 059231) 

CYNTHIA E. SEGAL (State Bar No. 179636) 

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 

COMMISSION 

Joseph P. Bort Metrocenter 

101 8th Street 

Oakland, CA 94607-4700 

Telephone: (510) 817-5700 

Facsimile: (510) 817-5848 

Attorneys for Defendant Metropolitan 

Transportation Commission 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SYLVIA DARENSBURG, and VIVIAN 

HAIN, individuals on behalf of themselves 

and all others similarly situated; 

AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, 

LOCAL 192; and COMMUNITIES FOR A 

BETTER ENVIRONMENT, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 

COMMISSION, 

Defendant. 

Case No. C-05-1597-EDL 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE DISCOVERY AND CLASS 

CERTIFICATION

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

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1. MTC will produce on a rolling basis, concluding no later than by March 5, 2007, 

emails of Steve Heminger, Therese McMillan, Randy Rentschler, Doug Kimsey and Alix 

Bockelman (hereafter "Senior Managers") using the first list of search terms transmitted by 

Plaintiffs to MTC on February 5, 2007, and attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

2. By February 16, 2007, Plaintiffs will, propose a narrowing of 12 search terms in the 

second list of search terms transmitted by Plaintiffs on February 5, 2007, and attached hereto as 

Exhibit B. As soon as Therese McMillian’s deposition transcript becomes available, MTC will 

provide to Plaintiffs a list of the Senior Analysts in each of the three departments (Legislation and 

Public Affairs, Planning and Programming and Allocations) (hereinafter "Senior Analysts"). 

3. MTC will use best efforts to supplement the email production in paragraph 1, above, 

as soon as possible with emails of the identified Senior Analysts, using the first list of search 

terms set forth in Exhibit A. 

4. MTC will use best efforts to produce on a rolling basis as expeditiously as possible 

emails of Senior Managers and Senior Analysts using the search terms in the second list (Exhibit 

B), as narrowed in respect to 12 search terms pursuant to paragraph 2, above, and third lists of 

search terms transmitted by Plaintiffs on February 5th. (The third list is attached hereto as 

Exhibit C.) 

5. With respect to other electronic documents, Plaintiffs provided MTC with an 

alternative set of search terms on February 20, 2007. MTC will meet and confer with Plaintiffs to 

narrow this list, if necessary, after MTC has run a subset of the proposed search terms on its 

database to determine the frequency of hits. Once there is an agreed upon list of terms, MTC will 

use best efforts to produce as expeditiously as possible those electronic documents that include 

the agreed upon terms on a rolling basis. 

6. On August 1, 2007, the parties will exchange expert reports bearing on class 

certification. 

7. On August 15, 2007, the parties will exchange expert reply reports bearing on class 

certification. 

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8. On September 7, 2007, MTC will inform Plaintiffs if it is willing to stipulate to class 

certification. If MTC so stipulates, the Court will schedule a case management conference to 

establish the schedule for a summary judgment. 

9. On October 2, 2007, if necessary, Plaintiffs will submit their motion for a class 

certification, memorandum in support, and supporting materials. MTC may take depositions of 

Plaintiffs’ expert witnesses who submit declarations in support of the motion during the week of 

October 9, 2007. 

10. On October 30, 2007, MTC will submit its response to the motion for class 

certification. Plaintiffs may take depositions of MTC’s expert witnesses who submit declarations 

in opposition to the motion during the week of November 5, 2007. 

11. On November 20, 2007, Plaintiffs will submit their reply to MTC’s response. 

12. The Court will hear the class certification motion on December 18, 2007. 

Dated: February 21, 2007 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, 

RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

By: /s/ Bill Lann Lee 

 Bill Lann Lee 

Bill Lann Lee 

Margaret Hasselman 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, 

RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 95612-2519 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

Kelly Dermody 

Daniel M. Hutchinson 

LEIFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 3000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sylvia Darensburg, Vivian 

Hain, and the Proposed Class; and Plaintiff 

Communities for a Better Environment 

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 Peter D. Nussbaum 

Daniel T. Purtell 

Linda Lye 

ALTSHULER & BERZON 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 421-7151 

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Amalgamated Transit 

Union Local 192 

 Richard Marcantonio 

Guillermo Mayer 

Elisabeth Voigt 

PUBLIC ADVOCATES, INC. 

131 Steuart Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 431-7430 

Facsimile: (415) 431-1048 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sylvia Darensburg, Vivian 

Hain, and the Proposed Class 

 Adrienne L. Bloch 

COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER 

ENVIRONMENT 

1440 Broadway, Suite 701 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 302-0430 

Facsimile: (510) 302-0438 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Communities for a Better 

Environment 

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Dated: February 21, 2007 HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS VLAHOS & 

RUDY, LLP 

By: /s/ Kim Manolius 

 Kim Manolius 

Kimon Manolius 

Warren R. Webster 

Julia H. Veit 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366 

Francis F. Chin 

Cynthia E. Segal 

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 

COMMISSION 

Joseph P. Bort Metrocenter 

101 8th Street 

Oakland, CA 94607-4700 

Telephone: (510) 817-5700 

Facsimile: (510) 817-5848 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________ _________________________________ 

 HONORABLE ELIZABETH LAPORTE 

 U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

February 23, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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