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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Stip and Proposed Order Bifurcating Ninth

Cause of Action for Administrative Mandamus

CV11-04841 JSW

LORI E. PEGG, Acting County Counsel (S.B. #129073)

MARY L. MALYSZ, Deputy County Counsel (S.B. #138385)

ARYN PAIGE HARRIS, Deputy County Counsel (S.B. #208590)

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL

70 West Hedding Street, East Wing, Ninth Floor

San Jose, California 95110-1770

Telephone: (408) 299-5900

Facsimile: (408) 292-7240

Attorneys for Defendants

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, ANDREA

BROLLINI, MICHELLE DE LA CALLE, AND

SANTA CLARA COUNTY PERSONNEL 

BOARD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KATHLEEN STALLWORTH,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANDREA BROLLINI, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV11-04841 JSW

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

BIFURCATING NINTH CAUSE OF 

ACTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 

MANDAMUS (F.R.C.P. 42(b))

The parties in the above-captioned matter submit the following Stipulation and Proposed 

Order requesting that, pursuant to Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court 

bifurcate plaintiff Kathleen Stallworth’s request to review the administrative findings of Defendant 

Santa Clara County Personnel Board, as set forth in Plaintiff’s ninth cause of action. 

Good cause exists for proceeding in this manner. Rule 42(b) provides for separate trials or 

one or more claims “[f]or convenience, to avoid prejudice, or to expedite and economize.” First, 

Plaintiff’s mandamus claim presents an issue for the Court to decide on its own, sitting without a 

jury. (See Cal. Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5(a).) Additionally, obtaining a prior decision regarding 

administrative mandamus in this action will expedite and economize by streamlining factual issues 

and potentially eliminate claims should principles of collateral estoppel and/or res judicata apply.

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AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

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Stip and Proposed Order Bifurcating Ninth

Cause of Action for Administrative Mandamus

CV11-04841 JSW

Accordingly, the parties request the court bifurcate and consider the administrative 

mandamus claim on or before July 15, 2013, which is the date set for the jury trial of the entire 

action. 

Additionally, the parties request that all other dates, except the fact discovery cut-off (April 

8, 2013) be vacated as to the remainder of Plaintiff’s claims, and a further case management 

conference be held to establish the mandamus briefing schedule and setting a new pretrial schedule 

for the jury trial of Plaintiff’s remaining claims.

I hereby attest that I have on file the holograph signature indicated by a “conformed” 

signature (/S/) within this efiled document.

Dated: December 18, 2012

Dated: December 18, 2012

Respectfully submitted,

LORI E. PEGG

Acting County Counsel

By: /S/ 

 MARY L. MALYSZ

Deputy County Counsel

Attorneys for Defendants

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, ANDREA

BROLLINI, MICHELLE DE LA CALLE, 

AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY 

PERSONNEL BOARD

By: /S/ 

BLAINE L. FIELDS

Attorney for Plaintiff

KATHLEEN STALLWORTH

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Stip and Proposed Order Bifurcating Ninth

Cause of Action for Administrative Mandamus

CV11-04841 JSW

ORDER BIFURCATING NINTH CAUSE OF ACTION

FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MANDAMUS

The Court, having considered the stipulation of the parties and finding good cause, hereby 

bifurcates Plaintiff’s ninth cause of action for administrative mandamus. This trial date of July 15, 

2013 shall apply to this bifurcated claim; all other dates set forth in the Court’s Order of September 

25, 2012 are hereby vacated, except the fact discovery cut off of April 8, 2013. A further case 

management conference will be scheduled to establish the mandamus briefing schedule and setting 

a new pretrial schedule for the jury trial of Plaintiff’s remaining claims. 

Dated: 

JUDGE JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Court

683606

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The parties shall appear for a case management conference on January 18, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. to address 

the proposed briefing schedule on the mandamus claim. January 3, 2013 The Court reserves the right to continue the trial date if necessary.

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