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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:203 Equal Pay Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AILEEN RIZO,

Plaintiff,

v.

JIM YOVINO, FRESNO COUNTY 

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,

Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:14-cv-0423-MJS

ORDER SETTING HEARING ON 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT 

NOVEMBER 25, 2015 AT 9:30 AM

COURTROOM # 6, FRESNO

Plaintiff initiated this action on February 3, 2014, in the Fresno County Superior 

Court pleading four causes of action: (1) violation of the federal Equal Pay Act (“EPA”), 

29 U.S.C. § 206(d); (2) sex discrimination under California Government Code § 12940; 

(3) sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §2000e et 

seq. (Title VII”); and (4) failure to prevent discrimination under California Government 

Code §12940(k). The case was properly removed to this Court on March 24, 2014. The

parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge for all purposes.

Pending before the Court is Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The Court 

previously deemed the motion submitted without oral argument. However, after further 

review of the parties’ briefs and applicable law, the Court believes it may be helpful to 

have input from counsel generally and specifically on the following two issues: 1) 

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Whether an employer’s reliance on a new employee’s prior wage as the sole basis for 

setting the employee’s new wage is permissible under the EPA?; and 2) Will the Court’s 

ruling on whether Defendant’s wage-setting criteria complies with the EPA necessarily 

determine the other causes of action?

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. A hearing on Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is set for November 

25, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom # 6 before the undersigned.

2. The parties are welcome, but not required, to file supplemental briefs, not to 

exceed five pages each, on the above issues on or before November 20, 

2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 12, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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